Amish Country Music Couple Perform Dolly Parton’s “Circle Of Love” (Video)
Ben and Rose, the “Amish Country Music Couple”, put out another video a few weeks after their cover of country classic “Slowly But Surely”.
This tune is called “Circle of Love”, and it is a Christmas song written by Dolly Parton. I missed it at the time of release a week before Christmas.
But since I am sure at least a few of you still have your Christmas trees up, it’s not too late to share this one 😀
As with their first song, this is not a live performance, but one produced in the studio (even though the video footage is of Ben and Rose playing the song live).
Pushback on the first video
When I posted the original video post to Facebook, it got the not-unexpected pushback, based in incorrect or outdated ideas. Comments such as:
- “The old order DO NOT have, or play, musical instruments. They do sing, and in an Amish wedding the men do something like a ‘chant’, its really beautiful.”
- “I think it’s awful that most of the Amish cannot enjoy music.”
- “They are New Order Amish and they have much different rules than the Old Order Amish.”
In response to the last one, Conrad Fisher replied: “They are Old Order…I produced this video. I know.” Fisher was quoted in the original article on the couple at savingcountrymusic.com.
Fisher helped Ben and Rose with the recording at a place called Ragamuffin Hall in McCoysville, Pennsylvania, located in an old church built in 1871. It looks like this was probably recorded at the same place, if not the same session.
As for the Amish, singing, music and instruments, I cover that here.
Here is the tune in full by Ben & Rose. Enjoy!


Ben and Rose singing
I’ve listened to more of Rose singing with her brother Mike Fisher. They sing beautiful together and beautiful songs. I wonder if Mike is married to one of the young ladies that plays the keyboard because he said its all family. You know the Bible says in Psalms 92 verse 2 & 3 about showing lovingkindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night upon an instrument of ten strings, psaltery and upon the harp. Maybe some people just don’t want to have music in church or in their lives.
Mennonite or Amish
Erik,
Are you sure they are not Mennonite? He has a mustache and they are allowing themselves to be filmed!
Tom
Yes they have the typical appearance of young Lancaster Amish people. I would call what Ben has closer to scruff or a 5 o’clock shadow than a mustache. You also see that among younger Amish males. It’s also possible they are not baptized, but even if they were that would not necessarily preclude that.
Others have confirmed they are Amish including the person who produced the music.
Being filmed is less and less out of the ordinary for the Amish, we have a good number of videos of Amish on camera on this site, singing and also giving interviews.