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How Firm a Foundation

Author or Translator: William J. Cleveland

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Text Information

First Line: Wakaŋtaŋka Tawa nikdawapi kin
Title: How Firm a Foundation
Original Language: English
Author or Translator: William J. Cleveland
Source: From "Book of Common Praise" by permission of A. S. Barnes & Co.
Language: Dakota
Publication Date: 1951
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1951.

Tune

FOUNDATION (American)

The anonymous tune FOUNDATION first appeared in Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832) as a setting for this text (there it was called PROTECTION). The tune was also published with the text in Southern Harmony and Sacred Harp. The ancestors of Joseph Funk (b. Lancaster County, PA…

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Okodakiciye Wakan Odowan Qa Okna Ahiyayapi Kta Ho Kin/Hymnal with Tunes and Chants According to the Use of the Episcopal Church in the Missions among the Dakotas #125

Wakan Cekiye Odowan #125

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