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Text:God be in my head and in my understanding
Author:R. Pynson
Tune:GOD BE IN MY HEAD
Composer:H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)

543. God be in my head and in my understanding

1 God be in my head
and in my understanding.

2 God be in mine eyes
and in my looking.

3 God be in my mouth
and in my speaking.

4 God be in my heart
and in my thinking.

5 God be at my end
and at my departing.

Text Information
First Line: God be in my head and in my understanding
Author: R. Pynson (1514c., alt.)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Topic: God's Church: Commitment and Character; Pentecost 18: The Offering of Life
Tune Information
Name: GOD BE IN MY HEAD
Composer: H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Meter: Irregular
Key: A Major
Copyright: © Oxford University Press



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