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Text:The Courts Of The Lord
Author:Banjamin R. Hanby
Tune:GUIMARÃES
Composer:Benjamin Russell Hanby
Media:MIDI file

12973. The Courts Of The Lord

1 We come, we come, a waiting band
A flock that knows the Shepherd’s name;
Our feet this holy day shall stand
Within thy gates, Jerusalem.

2 We come to join the humble train
Of those who worship and who praise,
To lift the heart, to swell the strain
To Him who lengthens out our days.

3 And He, whom yon angelic throng
Doth worship with majestic lay,
Will smile to hear the children’s song,
Will haste to bless them when they pray.

4 O, yes! we come, a waiting band,
A flock that knows the Shepherd’s name;
Our feet this holy day shall stand
Within thy courts, Jerusalem!

Text Information
First Line: We come, we come, a waiting band
Title: The Courts Of The Lord
Author: Banjamin R. Hanby
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Robin (Chicago: Root & Cady, 1866)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GUIMARÃES
Composer: Benjamin Russell Hanby (1866)
Meter: LM
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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