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For the Things That I've Done Wrong

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For the things that I've done wrong,
Things that I remember long,
Hurting friends and those I love,
I am very sorry, God.

Amen.

Source: Sing for Joy: a songbook for young children #28

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Author: John Harrell

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First Line: For the things that I've done wrong
Title: For the Things That I've Done Wrong
Author: John Harrell
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

SONG 13

Orlando Gibbons (PHH 167) composed SONG 13 in soprano and bass parts. Used as a setting for a text from the Song of Songs, the tune was published in George Withers' Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623) as hymn number 13 (hence the tune name). As in other hymnals, the melody is presented in a simpli…

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