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255. We Praise Thee, Lord

Text Information
First Line: We praise thee, Lord, with earliest morning ray
Title: We Praise Thee, Lord
Author: Johann Franck (1655)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.)
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Source: Andachts-Zymbeln, 1655
Tune Information
Name: AINSWORTH 97
Harmonizer: Claude LeJeune (1613)
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Melody, Genevan Psalter, 1562


Tune Information:

This melody was adapted by Henry Ainsworth, Amsterdam separatist, from the Genevan Psalter, 1562. His psalter was the Psalm book of the Pilgrims from 1612 until 1692


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