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[While I'm working Lord in your vineyard here]

[While I'm working Lord in your vineyard here]

Composer: Magnolia Lewis-Butts (1942)
Published in 13 hymnals


Audio files: Recording

Composer: Magnolia Lewis-Butts

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Tune Information

Title: [While I'm working Lord in your vineyard here]
Composer: Magnolia Lewis-Butts (1942)
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 55664 61655 35544
Key: C Major
Copyright: © 1942, renewed 1969, Martin & Morris Music, Inc.

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

African American Heritage Hymnal #316

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #295

Chalice Hymnal #260

Lift Every Voice and Sing II #116

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #134

Songs of Zion #224

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #225

The New Century Hymnal #288

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #128

Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #503

Total Praise #311

Yes, Lord! #412

Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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