We Build with Mortar, Brick, and Wood

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We build with mortar, brick, and wood

Author: Ralph E. Freeman (1986, rev. 1988)
Tune: JORDAN (Barnby)
ONE LICENSE: 26777
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Author: Ralph E. Freeman

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First Line:	We build with mortar, brick, and wood
Title:	We Build with Mortar, Brick, and Wood
Author:	Ralph E. Freeman (1986, rev. 1988)
Meter:	8.8.8.8 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1994 by Ralph E. Freeman

Ezra 3:8-13
(hymns)

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JORDAN (Barnby)

One of the 246 hymn tunes by Joseph Barnby (PHH 438), JORDAN was published in The Hymnary (1872) as a setting for "Sing to the Lord a Joyful Song." JORDAN contains several repeated phrases. Barnby originally composed the tune to be sung in harmony with phrases 5 and 7 sung in unison, although the fu…

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