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Text:God be in my head, and in my understanding
Tune:DAVID
Composer:George W. Briggs (1875-1959)

202. God be in my head, and in my understanding

Text Information
First Line: God be in my head, and in my understanding
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Night
Source: From a French Horae Diurnae B. V. M. (c. 1490); Adapt.: Pynson's Sarum Primer, 1514; Adapt.: Sarum Primer of 1558
Tune Information
Name: DAVID
Composer: George W. Briggs (1875-1959)
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 12345 54321 77123
Key: g minor
Copyright: Used by permission of Oxford University Press



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