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Text:Dear Savior, Take Us Home
Author:Laura Elmer
Tune:[We wandered from Thy fold]
Composer:Robert Lowry
Media:MIDI file

8134. Dear Savior, Take Us Home

1 We wandered from Thy fold,
So safe, so warm;
We shivered in the cold,
The pelting storm.

Refrain:
O take us, take us home.
Dear Savior, take us home;
Too long, too long we’ve wandered,
Dear Savior, take us home.

2 All weary, worn and sore,
And sad—so sad—
We linger at Thy door;
O make us glad. [Refrain]

3 Now keep us by Thy side,
No more to stray;
Be Thou our friend and guide
Along life’s way. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: We wandered from Thy fold
Title: Dear Savior, Take Us Home
Author: Laura Elmer (1880)
Refrain First Line: O take us, take us home
Language: English
Source: Good as Gold, by Robert Lowry & W. H. Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1880)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [We wandered from Thy fold]
Composer: Robert Lowry
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: Midi
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