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Text:Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
Author:Isaac Watts 1674-1748
Tune:TALLIS' CANON
Shortened form of melody by:Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-85

357. Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell

Text Information
First Line: Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
Author: Isaac Watts 1674-1748
Meter: 88.88
Publication Date: 1977
Tune Information
Name: TALLIS' CANON
Shortened form of melody by: Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-85
Key: G Major or modal
Source: from Thomas Ravenscroft's 'Psalmes', 1621



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