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DRUMMOND

DRUMMOND

Composer: Samuel Wakefield
Published in 3 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Samuel Wakefield

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Tune Information

Title: DRUMMOND
Composer: Samuel Wakefield
Meter: 11.11.12.12
Incipit: 51111 12332 15666
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Away from his home and the friends of his youth

Away from his home and the friends of his youth,
He hasted, the herald of mercy and truth,
For the love of the Lord, and to seek for the lost;
Soon, alas! was his fall&#;but he died at his post,
(Repeat previous line).

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