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[How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream]

[How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream]

Composer: J. W. Vaughan
Published in 21 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. W. Vaughan

John Whitfield Vaughan known as Whit, born in Alabama, died in Tennessee Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream]
Composer: J. W. Vaughan
Meter: 12.10.12.10 with refrain
Incipit: 51111 31621 6551
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream,
When memory recalls them now and then!
And with what rapture sweet my weary heart would beat,
If I could hear my mother pray again.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10472
Text: If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Timeless Truths #805
Text: If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
  • If_I_Could_Hear_My_Mother_Pray_Again.pdf (PDF)
  • If_I_Could_Hear_My_Mother_Pray_Again.xml (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #92

Standard Songs Of The Church #123

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10472

TextScoreAudio

Timeless Truths #805

Include 17 pre-1979 instances
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