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Birth of a Child

Author: Wilks

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Text Information

First Line: Gentle stranger, fearless come
Title: Birth of a Child
Author: Wilks
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d224

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d224

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d226

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d226

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d225

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d225
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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #981

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #981
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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #814

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #814

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d143

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d143
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #814

Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #814

Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d34

Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d34

Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d45

Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d45
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #774

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #774
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The Mother's Hymn Book #35

The Mother's Hymn Book #35
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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #47

The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #47
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