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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

Composer: Peter Johnson (1923)
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Composer: Peter Johnson

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Tune Information

Title: GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
Composer: Peter Johnson (1923)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 51111 15566 72132
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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O Father, bless the children

O Father, bless the children
Brought hither to Thy gate;
Lift up their fallen nature,
Restore their lost estate;
Renew Thy image in them,
And own them, by this sign,
Thy very sons and daughters,
New born of birth divine.

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