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My Purchased Files| Text: | Now, Lord, You Let Your Servant Go in Peace |
| Tune: | [Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace] (Butler and Harris) |
| Composer: | James H. Harris |
| Composer: | Tillis Butler |
1024. Now, Lord, You Let Your Servant Go in Peace
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| First Line: | Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace |
| Title: | Now, Lord, You Let Your Servant Go in Peace |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Scripture: | |
| Source: | Nunc dimittis |
| Copyright: | © 1988 English Language Liturgical Consultation (ELLC) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | [Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace] (Butler and Harris) |
| Composer: | James H. Harris |
| Composer: | Tillis Butler |
| Key: | F Major |
| Copyright: | © 1996 Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
| Notes: | This setting of the Song of Simeon is taken from a larger setting of Holy Communion titled The Detroit Folk Mass, composed by James Harris and Tillis Butler (Augsburg Fortress Press). It should be accompanied and sung in a gospel style. As an introduction, a solo voice could sing the text up to the Gloria Patri (through the word “Israel”), and then return to the beginning, inviting all to join. This will allow the congregation not only to hear the text and melody but also to catch the style. The song should be sung regularly at evening services or at the close of communion services so that the congregation can sing it from the heart. |
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