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PENSIVE DOVE

PENSIVE DOVE

Published in 1 hymnal


Tune Information

Title: PENSIVE DOVE
Incipit: 15111 17755 1
Key: a minor
Source: Traditional New England folk-hymn

Texts

O tell me where the Dove has flown


O tell me where the Dove has flown
To build her downy nest,
And I will rove this world all o'er,
To win her to my breast,
(Repeat previous line).

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