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Text:Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author:Thomas Andrew Dorsey
Tune:[Precious Lord, take my hand]
Adapter:Thomas Dorsey
Composer:George N. Allen, 1812-1877
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5607. Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Text Information
First Line: Precious Lord, take my hand
Title: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author: Thomas Andrew Dorsey (1932)
Refrain First Line: Take my hand, precious Lord
Language: English
Copyright: © 1938 (renewed 1965) Unichappell Music, Inc.
ONE LICENSE: 59543
Notes: Dorsey wrote this song in Chicago, Illinois, after his wife Nettie died while giving birth to a child (who also died shortly thereafter). Dorsey sang the song for his friend, Gospel singer Theodore Frye, and Frye's choir sang it the next Sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. SPECIAL NOTICE: The song lyrics and MIDI file for this particular piece of inspiration music are here for the personal enjoyment of the visitors to the Cyber Hymnal, and are provided through the courtesy of the copyright owners and Warner Bros. Publications. Please know that any duplication, adaptation and/or transmission of this copyrighted musical content requires the prior written consent of the copyright owners and Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc. Unauthorized uses are an infringement of the copyright laws of the United States and other countries, and are punishable thereunder.
Tune Information
Name: [Precious Lord, take my hand]
Composer: George N. Allen, 1812-1877 (1844, 1932)
Adapter: Thomas Dorsey
Incipit: 34555 13321 16166
Key: G Major
Source: Adapted from the tune MAITLAND, by George N. Allen
Copyright: © 1938 (renewed 1965) Unichappell Music, Inc.



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