Lord Christ, When First Thou Cam'st to Earth

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Lord Christ, when first thou cam'st to earth

Author: Walter Russell Bowie (1928)
Tune: MIT FREUDEN ZART
Published in 36 hymnals

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	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

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	SING PRAISE TO GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE

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	Let Praises Ring: 18 Introductions and H…

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Author: Walter Russell Bowie

Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States). See also in: Wikipedia Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord Christ, when first thou cam'st to earth
Title:	Lord Christ, When First Thou Cam'st to Earth
Author:	Walter Russell Bowie (1928)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

MIT FREUDEN ZART

MIT FREUDEN ZART has some similarities to the French chanson "Une pastourelle gentille" (published by Pierre Attaingnant in 1529) and to GENEVAN 138 (138). The tune was published in the Bohemian Brethren hymnal Kirchengesänge (1566) with Vetter's text "Mit Freuden zart su dieser Fahrt." Splendid mu…

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ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH

The tune name ALLEIN GOTT derives from the opening words of Decius's rhymed text in High German. The tune was first published in Schumann's Geistliche Lieder. Decius adapted the tune from a tenth-century Easter chant for the Gloria text, beginning at the part accompanying the words "et in terra pax.…

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