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Text:Lead on, O King eternal; The day of march has come
Author:Ernest Warburton Shurtleff
Tune:LANCASHIRE
Composer:Henry Smart

580. Lead on, O King eternal; The day of march has come

Text Information
First Line: Lead on, O King eternal; The day of march has come
Author: Ernest Warburton Shurtleff (1887)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2019
Topic: Church: Militant; God: Guide and Leader; Peace: Spiritual
Tune Information
Name: LANCASHIRE
Composer: Henry Smart (1836)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Key: Dā™­ Major



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