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Text:Day by Day, Dear Lord
Author:Richard of Chichester (1197-1253)
Tune:[Day by day, dear Lord] (Friedell)
Composer:Harold W. Friedell (1905-1958)

689. Day by Day, Dear Lord

Day by day,
Dear Lord, of Thee three things I pray:
To see Thee more clearly,
Love Thee more dearly,
Follow Thee more nearly,
Day by day.

Text Information
First Line: Day by day, Dear Lord, of Thee three things I pray
Title: Day by Day, Dear Lord
Author: Richard of Chichester (1197-1253)
Meter: 11.11.9.3.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Sentences and Responses
Tune Information
Name: [Day by day, dear Lord] (Friedell)
Composer: Harold W. Friedell (1905-1958)
Meter: 11.11.9.3.
Incipit: 16111 12117 11123
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Music copyright © 1960 by H. W. Gray Co., a division of Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. Used by permission. All rights reserved.



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