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Text:Better Is One Day
Author:Matt Redman
Tune:[How lovely is Your dwelling place]
Composer:Matt Redman

23. Better Is One Day

Text Information
First Line: How lovely is Your dwelling place
Title: Better Is One Day
Author: Matt Redman
Refrain First Line: Better is one day in Your courts
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Copyright: © 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music (admin. in the Western Hemisphere by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
Tune Information
Name: [How lovely is Your dwelling place]
Composer: Matt Redman
Key: E Major
Copyright: © 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music (admin. in the Western Hemisphere by EMI Christian Music Publishing)



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