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| Text: | Forgive them, O my Father |
| Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander |
| Tune: | CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN (BREMEN) |
| Composer: | Melchior Vulpius |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Forgive them, O my Father |
| Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander (1875) |
| Meter: | 7 6. 7 6. |
| Publication Date: | 1939 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Passiontide; Good Friday: The Seven Last Words; First Word |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN (BREMEN) |
| Composer: | Melchior Vulpius (1609) |
| Meter: | 7 6. 7 6. |
| Key: | D Major |
| Notes: | For a setting by J.S. Bach in a higher key see Additional Tunes, No. 16. |
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