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Text Identifier:"^the_day_has_come_the_joyful_day$"

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Coming Home

Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: The day has come, the joyful day Refrain First Line: They're coming home

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[The day has come, the joyful day]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Ferguson Incipit: 13332 11112 22123 Used With Text: They're Coming Home
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COMING HOME

Appears in 1 hymnal Incipit: 51122 32117 14325 Used With Text: The day has come, the joyful day
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[The day has come, the joyful day]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. T. Reese Incipit: 51536 53132 34235 Used With Text: Coming Home

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Coming Home

Hymnal: White Wings #57 (1896) First Line: The day has come, the joyful day Refrain First Line: They're coming home Languages: English Tune Title: [The day has come, the joyful day]

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J. T. Reese

Composer of "[The day has come, the joyful day]" in White Wings

J. B. Ferguson

Composer of "[The day has come, the joyful day]" in Joy Bells
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