O My Father

70

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Text by Eliza R. Snow

Melody from John Wyeth's
"Repository of Sacred Music," Part Second
Arranged by Sally DeFord

SATB

34
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my

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the rec - ol - lec - tion
of my
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first
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high
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placed me here on

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place,
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pri that

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face,
birth,

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a tempo

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dwell - est in
the
pur - pose thou hast

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thou that
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child
wan

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Tenor/Bass*

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sphere.

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high,

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til

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knowl - edge

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thought

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rea - son

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stare!

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leave

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the

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a tempo
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heav'ns are par - ents

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not

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a tempo

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makes

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tence, When

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lay

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may

O My Father (SATB) -3

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: HH HH HH HH

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=
meet

you

in

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roy - al

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sent

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do,

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With

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me

come
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and

I've

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ap - pro - ba - tion

a tempo

dwell with

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let

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when

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length

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at

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and dwell with

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unis.

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in rhythm

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high?

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forth to

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you,

come

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me

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courts on

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unis.

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me

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and dwell with

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come

and dwell with

you,

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you

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all

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me

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