Flood-Tides

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Dewdrops of mercy are falling

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Dewdrops of mercy are falling]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Dewdrops of mercy are falling,
But we are pleading, O Lord:
Send us a stream of salvation,
As promised within Thy word.

Refrain:
Lord, send us the flood-tides,
Pour them upon the dry ground;
Streams of salvation,
Till heav’nly fruit shall abound.
Lord, send us the flood-tides,
Pour them upon the dry ground;
Inundate us with Thy glory,
Until we see Thy face,
Until we see Thy face.

2 Showers of blessing are falling,
Falling on us all around;
But we are earnestly praying,
For flood tides upon the dry ground. [Refrain]

3 Then all the desert shall blossom,
Streams of pure water abound;
Where grew the thorns and the brambles,
Sweet-scented roses are found. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #59

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Dewdrops of mercy are falling
Title:	Flood-Tides
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Refrain First Line:	Lord, send us the floodtides
Publication Date:	1918
Copyright:	Public Domain