Now thank we God for bodies strong

Author: Derwyn Dixon Jones

Jones, Derwyn Dixon. (Chatham, Ontario, August 5, 1925-- ). Anglican. University of Western Ontario (London), B.A.; Huron College, L.Th., 1946. Pastorates at Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1946-1948; (all in Ontario) Windsor, 1948-1949, 1958-1966; Kitchener, 1949-1952; Sarnia, 1955-1958; Brockville, 1966-1969; London, 1952-1955, 1969-?, serving also as precentor of St. Paul's Cathedral there. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Now thank we God for bodies strong
Author: Derwyn Dixon Jones

Tune

KINGSFOLD

Thought by some scholars to date back to the Middle Ages, KINGSFOLD is a folk tune set to a variety of texts in England and Ireland. The tune was published in English Country Songs [sic: English County Songs] (1893), an anthology compiled by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. After having…

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The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #202

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