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[O why have you wandered so far from the right way?]

[O why have you wandered so far from the right way?]

Composer: Samuel W. Beazley
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Samuel W. Beazley

Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.gmahalloffame.org Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [O why have you wandered so far from the right way?]
Composer: Samuel W. Beazley
Incipit: 53333 11216 51511
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

O Wanderer Come Home

O why have you wandered so far from the right way?
Come home, come home;
The path you should tread is a safe way, bright way,
Come home, come home.

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Instances

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Coronation Hymns #90

Coronation Hymns #90
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Select Hymns and Psalms #75

Select Hymns and Psalms #75
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The New Evangel #73

The New Evangel #73
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The Very Best #50

The Very Best #50
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