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Journeysong

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Author: Bob Hurd

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Text Information

First Line: On this new day may we be gathered
Title: Journeysong
Author: Bob Hurd
Meter: 9.5.9.5
Language: English
Copyright: © 1996, Bob Hurd, Published by OCP
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Tune

LAND OF REST (American)

LAND OF REST is an American folk tune with roots in the ballads of northern England and Scotland. It was known throughout the Appalachians; a shape-note version of the tune was published in The Sacred Harp (1844) and titled NEW PROSPECT as the setting for "O land of rest! for thee I sigh." The tune…

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Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #759

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #759

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #731

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #731
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