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Text:Mothering God, you gave me birth
Author:Jean Janzen, 1993-
Tune:ROCHESTER
Composer:David Ashley White, 1944-

312. Mothering God, you gave me birth

Text Information
First Line: Mothering God, you gave me birth
Title: Mothering God, you gave me birth
Author: Jean Janzen, 1993-
Meter: 8 8 8 8 8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Topic: Communion; Feast / Food; God: Images (Mother / Woman) (4 more...)
Source: Based on a Latin text by Julian of Norwich (d.c. 1417)
Copyright: © Jean Janzen
CCLI Number: 3411430
Tune Information
Name: ROCHESTER
Composer: David Ashley White, 1944-
Meter: 8 8 8 8 8
Key: d minor or modal
Copyright: © Selah Publishing Co., Inc., 1994



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