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Text:The sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies
Translator:Edward Caswell
Tune:RESTING IN CHRIST
Arranger:Donna Latella Taylor
Arranger:Donna Latella Taylor
Composer:Royal U. Grote

243. The sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies

Text Information
First Line: The sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies
Translator: Edward Caswell
Meter: 6.4.6.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2019
Topic: Evening; Night; Peace: Spiritual (1 more...)
Source: Latin, 1805; tr. after Edward Caswell, The Hymnal (1940)
Tune Information
Name: RESTING IN CHRIST
Composer: Royal U. Grote (1995)
Arranger: Donna Latella Taylor (1995)
Arranger: Donna Latella Taylor (2016)
Meter: 6.4.6.6
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: © 1995 Royal U. Grote; © 1995, 2016 Donna Latella Taylor



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