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And wilt thou now forsake me Lord

And wilt thou now forsake me Lord

Tune: DUNFERMLINE
Published in 8 hymnals


Text Information

First Line: And wilt thou now forsake me Lord
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

And wilt Thou now forsake me, Lord? [Confidence.] An anonymous hymn which appeared in vol. ii. (called Pts. iii. & iv.) of a Selection by the Countess of Northesk, entitled The Sheltering Vine, 3rd thousand, 1853. A slightly different version is in the American Sabbath Hymn Book, N.Y., 1858, No. 761, and other American collections.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Tune

DUNFERMLINE

DUNFERMLINE is one of the "common" tunes from Andro Hart's psalter The CL Psalms of David, Edinburgh (l615)–a "common" tune was one that was not matched with a specific text in a songbook. Millar Patrick, author of Four Centuries of Scottish Psalmody (London, 1949) and The Story of the Church's So…

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
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Church Harmonies #159

Church Harmonies #159
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Hymns for the Sick-Room #5

Hymns for the Sick-Room #5

The Book of Praise #d31

The Book of Praise #d31

The Book of Worship #d21

The Book of Worship #d21

The Church-Book #d17

The Church-Book #d17
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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #129a

The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #129a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d45

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d45
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Worship in Song #441

Worship in Song #441
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