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We Build with Mortar, Brick, and Wood

We build with mortar, brick, and wood

Author: Ralph E. Freeman (1986, rev. 1988)
Tune: JORDAN (Barnby)
ONE LICENSE: 26777
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Ralph E. Freeman

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Text Information

First Line: We build with mortar, brick, and wood
Title: We Build with Mortar, Brick, and Wood
Author: Ralph E. Freeman (1986, rev. 1988)
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1994 by Ralph E. Freeman

Tune

JORDAN (Barnby)

One of the 246 hymn tunes by Joseph Barnby (PHH 438), JORDAN was published in The Hymnary (1872) as a setting for "Sing to the Lord a Joyful Song." JORDAN contains several repeated phrases. Barnby originally composed the tune to be sung in harmony with phrases 5 and 7 sung in unison, although the fu…

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Instances

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Moravian Book of Worship #440

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