What service shall we render

Author: Ernest Dodgshun

Born: March 8, 1876, Leeds, Eng­land. Died: Au­gust 24, 1944, St. Bri­a­vels, Lyd­ney, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land. Dodgshun’s works in­clude: The Road of Life, with George Pev­er­ett (Lon­don: Na­tion­al Adult School Un­ion, cir­ca 1915) Personality in the Mak­ing (Unit­ed King­dom Na­tion­al Adult School Un­ion, 1936) --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

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First Line: What service shall we render
Author: Ernest Dodgshun

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FOREST GREEN

FOREST GREEN is an English folk tune associated with the ballad "The Ploughboy's Dream." Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) turned FOREST GREEN into a hymn tune for The English Hymnal (1906), using it as a setting for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Shaped in rounded bar form (AABA), FOREST GREEN has th…

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