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WOOLWICH (Kettle)

Composer: Charles E. Kettle

Charles Edward Kettle, 1833-1895 Born: 1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1895, Steyning district, Sussex, England. As of 1881, Kettle lived in Hove, Sussex, where he was an organist. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WOOLWICH (Kettle)
Composer: Charles E. Kettle (1876)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 32343 22123 22121
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #40
Text: At First I Prayed for Light
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The Cyber Hymnal #575
Text: Blest Comforter Divine
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #253

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #641

Redemption Hymnal #488

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #488

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Small Church Music #6596

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The Cyber Hymnal #40

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The Cyber Hymnal #575

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