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OCEAN (Swan)

Composer: Timothy Swan

Timothy Swan, 1758-1842, hymntune composer Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: OCEAN (Swan)
Composer: Timothy Swan (1783)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 55654 35111 76515
Key: F Major
Source: Rudiments of Music, ca. 1787
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Mariner's Psalm

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
and cast a wishful eye
to Canaan's fair and happy land,
where my possessions lie.

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Millennial Dawn

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The Sacred Harp #222

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