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POYNER

Composer: Wilson M. Cooper

Produced a major revised edition of the Sacred Harp fasola tunebook, 1902. The 2012 Sacred Harp: Revised Cooper Edition in the Hymnary.org database is the lineal descendant of Cooper's 1902 revision. Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: POYNER
Composer: Wilson M. Cooper (1905)

Texts

How long, dear Savior, O how long


How long, dear Jesus, oh! how long
Shall that bright hour delay;
Fly swiftly round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the promised day,
(Repeat previous line).

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Notes

"In honor of B. P. Poyner," Wilson Marion Cooper dated this song July, 1905.

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Tune Info

The Sacred Harp #41

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