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Text:Dark is the night, and friends lie sleeping still
Author:Paul Wigmore (b. 1925)
Tune:BOROUGH
Composer:Cyril Taylor (1907-1991)

185. Dark is the night, and friends lie sleeping still

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Text Information
First Line: Dark is the night, and friends lie sleeping still
Author: Paul Wigmore (b. 1925)
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Church Year: Good Friday; Church year: Holy Saturday; Holy Saturday
Copyright: © Paul Wigmore / The Jubilate Group. Administered by The Jubilate Group, Kitley House, St Katherines Road, Torquay TQ1 4DE Used by permission.
Notes: May also be sung to SONG 24 (133).
Tune Information
Name: BOROUGH
Composer: Cyril Taylor (1907-1991)
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Key: F Major
Copyright: Music: Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.



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