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[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] (O'Kane)

Composer: T. C. O'Kane

O'Kane, Tullius Clinton, an American writer, born March 10, 1830, is the author of "O sing of Jesus, Lamb of God" (Redemption); and "Who, who are these beside the chilly wave?" (Triumph in Death), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878 and 1881. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] (O'Kane)
Composer: T. C. O'Kane
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 13565 31211 22254
Key: F Major/G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
and cast a wishful eye
to Canaan's fair and happy land,
where my possessions lie.

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Easy Organ Library Volume 38: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 77
  • The Organist Volume 108 Number 6 January February 2005: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 77
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