As Deer Long for the Streams

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Author: Christopher Webber

CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE WEBBER was born 5 January 1932 in Cuba, New York, son of the Rev. Roy Lawrence Webber and Hortense Marie Basquin. He graduated from South Kent School (South Kent, CT) in 1949, Princeton University in 1953, and General Theological Seminary (NYC) in 1956. He is the author of A New Metrical Psalter (1986), Hymns from the Bible (2000), and Songs of Justice, Peace, and Love: The Sharon Hymnal (2022). Chris Fenner Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: As deer long for the streams, O Lord
Title: As Deer Long for the Streams
Author: Christopher Webber (1986)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: © Christopher L. Webber. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Tune

ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

According to Chris Fenner of Hymnology Archive, Edward Miller arranged a hymn tune "which first appeared under the name TUNBRIDGE in Musica Sacra: Being a choice collection of psalm and hymn tunes...as they are used in the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapels, in Bath, Bristol, &c.…

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #189

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