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[I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in]

[I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in]

Composer: Cleavant Derricks (1937)
Published in 45 hymnals


Composer: Cleavant Derricks

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Tune Information

Title: [I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in]
Composer: Cleavant Derricks (1937)
Incipit: 51111 33211 65511
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: © 1937 Stamps-Baxter Music, renewed 1965 (admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing Inc.)
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Easy Gospel Arrangements: For All Organs
    Composer/Editor Fred Bock
    Published By: Stamps-Baxter Music (1979) pp. 20

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Classical Masterpieces: For Piano
    Composer/Editor Walter Knapp
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (2005) pp. 26
  • My Kind of Music
    Composer/Editor Larry Mayfield
    Published By: Benson Music Group, Inc. (1994) pp. 17
  • Just Hooked by Gospel: Keyboard Folio
    Composer/Editors Don Wyrtzen; Carol McMillen
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 17

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Double Feature: Gospel Duets for Piano and Organ
    Composer/Editor Henry Slaughter
    Published By: Stamps-Baxter Music (1981) pp. 20
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Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)

African American Heritage Hymnal #378

African American Heritage Hymnal #378

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #351

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #351

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #438

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #438

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #559

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #559

Lift Every Voice and Sing II #83

Lift Every Voice and Sing II #83

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #124

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #124

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #483

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #483

Sacred Selections for the Church #646

Sacred Selections for the Church #646

Songs of Faith and Praise #959

Songs of Faith and Praise #959

Songs of the Church #444

Songs of the Church #444

Standard Songs Of The Church #143

Standard Songs Of The Church #143

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #339

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #339

Total Praise #376

Total Praise #376

Worship and Song #3107

Worship and Song #3107

Zion still Sings #163

Zion still Sings #163
Include 27 pre-1979 instances
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