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522. O Blessed Spring

Text Information
First Line: O blessed spring, where word and sign
Title: O Blessed Spring
Author: Susan Palo Cherwien
Meter: LM
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Aging; Children / Childhood; Death and Eternal Life (3 more...)
Copyright: © 1993 Susan Palo Cherwien (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
Tune Information
Name: THE WATER IS WIDE
Harmonizer: James E. Clemens
Meter: LM
Key: G Major
Source: English traditional, ca. 19th c., transcr. as “O Waly, Waly” in Folk Songs from Somerset (England), 1906
Copyright: harm. © 2004 James E. Clemens



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