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Text:The Lone, Wild Bird
Author:Henry Richard McFadyen
Tune:PROSPECT
Arranger:Jack Boyd

589. The Lone, Wild Bird

Text Information
First Line: The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
Title: The Lone, Wild Bird
Author: Henry Richard McFadyen (1925)
Refrain First Line: And I am Thine! I rest in Thee
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Scripture:
Topic: Christian Life; Devotion; Thanksgiving
Copyright: Reprinted by permission from Twelve Folksongs and Spirituals, Copyright Augsburg Publishing House
Tune Information
Name: PROSPECT
Arranger: Jack Boyd
Key: F Major
Source: Southern Folk Hymn in William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1854.
Copyright: © Arrangement, 1986, ACU Press.



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