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Water Has Held Us

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Author: R. Deane Postlethwaite

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Text Information

First Line: Water has held us
Title: Water Has Held Us
Author: R. Deane Postlethwaite (1978)
Meter: 5.5.5.4 D
Language: English
Copyright: Used by permission of Marjean Postlethwaite.
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Tune

BUNESSAN

BUNESSAN is a Gaelic tune that was first published (melody only) in Lachlan Macbean's Songs and Hymns of the Gael (1888) as a setting for Mary Macdonald's carol "Child in the Manger." The tune is named after Macdonald's birthplace on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. BUNESSAN is also well known as the set…

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Moravian Book of Worship #408

Moravian Book of Worship #408
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