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Each Winter As the Year Grows Older

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Author: William Gay

The Rev. William Gay (b.1920, Berkeley, CA) collaborates in hymn writing with his wife Annabeth McClelland Gay. His text "Each winter as the year grows older" appears in Worship II, 1975 and in the UCC Hymnal, 1974. He died in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2009. Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line: Each winter as the year grows older
Title: Each Winter As the Year Grows Older
Author: William Gay (1969)
Meter: 9.6.9.6.6
Language: English
Copyright: © 1971, United Church Press
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Instances

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #252

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #252

Gather (3rd ed.) #419

Gather (3rd ed.) #419

Gather Comprehensive #339

Gather Comprehensive #339

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #350

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #350

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #722

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #722

RitualSong #481

RitualSong #481

The New Century Hymnal #435

The New Century Hymnal #435

With One Voice #628

With One Voice #628
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