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[Darkness is falling, the night draweth nigh]

[Darkness is falling, the night draweth nigh]

Composer: E. Sexton Daugherty
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: E. Sexton Daugherty

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Tune Information

Title: [Darkness is falling, the night draweth nigh]
Composer: E. Sexton Daugherty
Incipit: 33322 21611 56534
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1956 by Ellis Crum in "Sacred Selections For the Church"

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Sacred Selections for the Church #423

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