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Good Night

Author: John McPherson

John McPherson (Late 19th Century) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The time for parting now has come, we leave these scenes so bright
Title: Good Night
Author: John McPherson
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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[Adown the stream of time we glide]


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Beall's Gospel Songs with supplement entitled Favorite Hymns #d145

Coronation Songs #d201

Go Ye Therefore No. 3 #d64

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Happy Greetings to All #161

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Hymns of Victory #186

Jewels of Praise for Religious Assemblies #d26

New Century Carols #135

Nuggets of Gold #50

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Shook's Song Evangelist #111

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Song-Land Messenger Complete #131

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Song-Land Messenger Complete #131

Songland Melodies ... a New Song Book for Revivals #d86

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Songs and Praises #86

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Songs of the Peacemaker #169

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The Crown #34

Winning Voices #d86

Winning Voices Combined #d152

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