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Text:On Jordan's Bank
Author:Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
Translator:John Chandler, 1806-1876
Tune:WINCHESTER NEW
Adapter:William H. Havergal, 1793-1870

102. On Jordan's Bank

Text Information
First Line: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Title: On Jordan's Bank
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
Translator: John Chandler, 1806-1876 (alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2014
Tune Information
Name: WINCHESTER NEW
Adapter: William H. Havergal, 1793-1870
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 51566 54334 32554
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Musicalisches Hand-Buch, Hamburg, 1690



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