Text:'Forward!' be our watchword
Author:Henry Alford, 1810 - 1871
Tune:SUMUS TIBI
Composer:Henry Elliot Button, 1861 - 1925

451. 'Forward!' be our watchword

Text Information
First Line: 'Forward!' be our watchward
Title: 'Forward!' be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford, 1810 - 1871
Refrain First Line: Forward through the desert
Meter: 6 5 6 5 D, and refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1936
Topic: The Life in Christ: Pilgrimage, Protection, and Guidance
Notes: Alternate Tune ARMAGEDDON, No. 365; ST. ALBAN'S, No. 571; ST. GERTRUDE, No. 401
Tune Information
Name: SUMUS TIBI
Composer: Henry Elliot Button, 1861 - 1925
Meter: 6 5 6 5 D, and refrain
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: By permission of Novello and Company, Limited



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