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Just as the tide creeps over silver sand

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Author: Leith Fisher

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Text Information

First Line: Just as the tide creeps over silver sand
Author: Leith Fisher
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Publication Date: 2005
Copyright: © Leith Fisher

Tune

EVENTIDE (Monk)

According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at t…

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #689

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #689

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