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Text:O That I Had a Thousand Voices
Author:Johann Mentzer
Tune:O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE
Composer (attr.):Johann Balthasar König

475. O That I Had a Thousand Voices

Text Information
First Line: O that I had a thousand voices
Title: O That I Had a Thousand Voices
Author: Johann Mentzer (1704)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Topic: Morning and Opening Hymns
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1738, trans. from
Copyright: Translation copyright 1941 by Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted by permission.
Tune Information
Name: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE
Composer (attr.): Johann Balthasar König (1738)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Harmonischer Liederscatz, 1738



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