Text:On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
Author:Charles Coffin, 1675-1749
Translator:John Chandler, 1806-1875
Tune:WINCHESTER NEW
Adapter (melody):William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870

14. On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry

Text Information
First Line: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Title: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
Latin Title: Jordanis oras, praevia
Author: Charles Coffin, 1675-1749
Translator: John Chandler, 1806-1875 (alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Source: Paris Breviary, 1736, and Hymnal Sacri, 1736
Tune Information
Name: WINCHESTER NEW
Adapter (melody): William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870
Meter: LM
Key: A♭ Major
Source: from a chorale in Musikalisches Hand-Buch, Hamburg, 1690



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