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Text:Memories of Galilee
Author:Robert Morris, L. L. D.
Tune:[Each cooing dove and sighing bough]
Composer:Dr. H. R. Palmer

247. Memories of Galilee

1 Each cooing dove and sighing bough
That makes the eve so blest to me,
Has something far diviner now,
It bears me back to Galilee.

Chorus:
O Galilee, sweet Galilee,
Where Jesus loved so much to be,
O Galilee, blue Galilee,
Come, sing thy song again to me.

2 Each flow'ry glen and mossy dell,
Where happy birds in song agree,
Thro' sunny morn the praises tell,
Of sight and sounds in Galilee. [Chorus]

3 And when I read the thrilling lore,
Of him who walk'd upon the sea,
I long, oh, how I long once more,
To follow him in Galilee. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Each cooing dove and sighing bough
Title: Memories of Galilee
Author: Robert Morris, L. L. D.
Refrain First Line: O Galilee, sweet Galilee
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christ: Christ's Life and Love; Special Selections: Male Voices
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Each cooing dove and sighing bough]
Composer: Dr. H. R. Palmer
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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