Memories of Galilee

Each cooing dove and sighing bough

Author: Robert Morris
Tune: [Each cooing dove and sighing bough] Palmer
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Author: Robert Morris

Morris, Robert, LL.D., born Aug. 31, 1818, is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an extensive writer on Freemasonry. In 1868 he visited the Holy Land on behalf of the Freemasons of America, the outcome of which was his work, Freemasonry in the Holy Land. He is the author of some 300 poetical pieces. One of these, "Each gentle dove and sighing bough" (Evening), is in H. R. Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, &c.. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: Each cooing dove and sighing bough
Title: Memories of Galilee
Author: Robert Morris
Refrain First Line: O Galilee, sweet [blue] Galilee, where Jesus loved so much

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