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DOWNFIELD

Composer: H. Elliot Button

Born: August 8, 1861, Clevedon, Somerset, England. Died: Circa August 1925, Hampstead, England. Button’s father was master of a private school, and excelled as an organist. Elliot was a self taught musician, and besides being solo alto at Holy Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea, was a pianist, organist, and violinist. He was also at one time was an editor for the Novello publishing company. He harmonized a number of tunes in The Primitive Meth­od­ist Hymnal Supplement with Tunes (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1912), and edited the third series of the Bristol Tune Book. Sources: Cowan, p. 201 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: DOWNFIELD
Composer: H. Elliot Button (1904)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 56117 76512 36
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

Dear Lord, another day

I have a home above, From sin and sorrow free

Great Giver of All Good

Great Giver of all good,
To Thee our thanks we yield
For all the beauties of the wood,
Of hill, and dale, and field.

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Timeline

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Instances in all hymnals

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Church Hymns and Tunes #448

Church Hymns and Tunes #448
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Gloria #225

Gloria #225
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Hymns of the Centuries #225

Hymns of the Centuries #225
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The New Baptist Praise Book #296

The New Baptist Praise Book #296
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The New Baptist Praise Book #328

The New Baptist Praise Book #328
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The New Baptist Praise Book #296

The New Baptist Praise Book #296
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The New Baptist Praise Book #328

The New Baptist Praise Book #328
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