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Text:Temperance Recruiting Song
Author:W. P. Jeffrey
Tune:[I hear a murmur in the air, a tumult in the street]
Composer:Wm. J. Kirkpatrick

23. Temperance Recruiting Song

Text Information
First Line: I hear a murmur in the air, a tumult in the street
Title: Temperance Recruiting Song
Author: W. P. Jeffrey
Refrain First Line: They are coming, coming, coming
Language: English
Publication Date: 1882
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [I hear a murmur in the air, a tumult in the street]
Composer: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick
Incipit: 51712 34321 21655
Notes: Public Domain.



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