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Text:I Felt a Touch of Heaven
Author:J. B. C.
Tune:[I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor old and gray]
Composer:J. B. Coats

78. I Felt a Touch of Heaven

Text Information
First Line: I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor old and gray
Title: I Felt a Touch of Heaven
Author: J. B. C.
Refrain First Line: Tho I am blind, and sick and weak in body, too
Language: English
Publication Date: 1955
Copyright: © 1955, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Shepherd's Love"
Notes: Dedicated to Grandpa Henry Braswell, age 92, blind for years
Tune Information
Name: [I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor old and gray]
Composer: J. B. Coats
Incipit: 12333 33344 32171
Copyright: © 1955, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Shepherd's Love"



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