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GENTLE MARY

Composer: Alta Lind Cook

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Arranger: Scott Wilkinson

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Tune Information

Title: GENTLE MARY
Composer: Alta Lind Cook
Arranger: Scott Wilkinson
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 15671 56712 15611
Key: F Major
Copyright: Music copyright © Metropolitan United Church, Toronto

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Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

Gentle Mary laid her Child
Lowly in a manger;
There He lay, the undefiled,
To the world a stranger:
Such a Babe in such a place,
Can He be the Savior?
Ask the saved of all the race
Who have found His favor.

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