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Text:How sweet the hour of closing day!
Author:Rev. William H. Bathurst
Tune:HOLLY
Composer:George Hews

29. How sweet the hour of closing day!

Text Information
First Line: How sweet the hour of closing day!
Author: Rev. William H. Bathurst (1831)
Meter: L.M.
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Evening; Burial of the Dead
Notes: Alternative tune, WALTON, No. 128
Tune Information
Name: HOLLY
Composer: George Hews (1835)
Meter: L.M.
Key: E♭ Major



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