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[We find many people who can't understand]

[We find many people who can't understand]

Composer: J. E. French (1903)
Published in 25 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. E. French

Early 20th Century Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [We find many people who can't understand]
Composer: J. E. French (1903)
Meter: 11.8.11.8.8.8.11.8
Incipit: 13333 43322 25222
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

This Is Like Heaven to Me

We find many people who can’t understand
Why we are so happy and free.
We’ve crossed over Jordan to Canaan’s fair land,
And this is like Heaven to me.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6751
Text: This Is Like Heaven to Me
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #663
Text: This Is Like Heaven to Me
  • This_Is_Like_Heaven_to_Me.pdf (PDF)
  • This_Is_Like_Heaven_to_Me.xml (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6751

TextScoreAudio

Timeless Truths #663

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