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My Purchased Files| Text: | Once in Royal David's City |
| Author: | Cecil F. Alexander |
| Tune: | IRBY |
| Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett |
| Harmonizer: | Arthur H. Mann |
155. Once in Royal David's City
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed |
| Title: | Once in Royal David's City |
| Author: | Cecil F. Alexander (1848, alt.) |
| Meter: | 87.87.77 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | IRBY |
| Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett (1849) |
| Harmonizer: | Arthur H. Mann (1919) |
| Meter: | 87.87.77 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
Tune Information:
Gauntlett was a lawyer for fifteen years until organ playing and hymn composing overwhelmed him. He may have composed more than a thousand hymn tunes!
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