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CHESTNUT RIDGE

Composer: William Henry Walter

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Tune Information

Title: CHESTNUT RIDGE
Composer: William Henry Walter
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 55331 74455 32655
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

There Is a Land of Pure Delight

O could our thoughts and wishes fly

O could our thoughts and wishes fly
Above these gloomy shades,
To those bright worlds beyond the sky,
Which sorrow ne'er invades!

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