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LET US BREAK BREAD

Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 114 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Tune Sources: Afro-American spiritual Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 56111 11322 11355 Used With Text: Let Us Break Bread Together
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Let Us Break Bread Together

Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 114 hymnals First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Refrain First Line: When I fall on my knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us break bread together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us drink wine together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us praise God together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) Used With Tune: LET US BREAK BREAD Text Sources: African-American spiritual
Let Us Break Bread Together

Let us break bread together

Author: James E Seddon, 1915-83 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Let us praise God together, let us praise Topics: The Church of Jesus Christ Communion Used With Tune: CALHOUN MELODY
Let us break bread together

We Bring God's Holy Love

Author: Rose Weber Meter: 9.9.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We bring God's gift of love to the world Topics: Sending Used With Tune: LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
We Bring God's Holy Love

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Let Us Break Bread Together

Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #488 (2015) Meter: 10.10 with refrain First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; Let us break bread together on our knees; Refrain: When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; Let us drink wine together on our knees; [Refrain] 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; Let us praise God together on our knees; [Refrain] Topics: Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Service Music for Mass Eucharistic Hymn; The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Scripture: Matthew 15:21-22 Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us break bread together on our knees]
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Let Us Break Bread Together

Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #513 (1990) Meter: 10.10 with refrain First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Refrain First Line: When I fall on my knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us break bread together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us drink wine together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; (on our knees;) Let us praise God together on our knees. (on our knees.) When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me.) Languages: English Tune Title: LET US BREAK BREAD
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Let Us Break Bread Together

Hymnal: Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #800 (2012) Meter: 10.10 with refrain First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; let us break bread together on our knees; Refrain: When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; let us drink wine together on our knees; [Refrain] 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; let us praise God together on our knees; [Refrain] Topics: Musical Style Spiritual; Service Music for Mass Eucharistic Hymn; The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Scripture: John 6:53-58 Languages: English Tune Title: LET US BREAK BREAD
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Colin Hand

Arranger of "[Let us break bread together on our knees]" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New
Colin Hand

J. Harold Moyer

1927 - 2012 Arranger of "[Let us break bread together on our knees]" in Sing and Rejoice!
J. Harold Moyer

William Jensen Reynolds

1920 - 2009 Person Name: William J. Reynolds Arranger of "BREAK BREAD" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Pseudonyms include: Bigelow, James Buie, Dean Clark, John Day, Francis Dorff, Gregory Dorsey, Jane Drakestone, John East, Richard Eastis, Ellen Frye, Dan Gregory, Peter Harrold, Stan Hawk, John Horn, Ellen Ingham, Marie Jordaan, Jacques Keely, Grant Kije, Cyd Kringel, Cark Kuliami, Tiki [?] Lee, Wilbur Long, Richard Long, Robert MacDougall, Thom Madsen, Carl O. Monroe, Lou Munroe, June Reed, Ruth Rodgers, Lee Rosemont, David Ross, Don Saul, J. Crawford Sneed, Roger Wheeler, Annette Winston, Clyde York, Henry --Email from William Colson to Mary Louise VanDyke, 4 May 2005, DNAH Archives. Names taken from the program of Reynolds' retirement dinner. Colson notes, "The program has faded and the one designated with a question mark is not 100% certain."
William Jensen Reynolds

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary