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Mountville C.M.D.

By Robert Kelley

Key
C major
Type
Fuging tune
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2012
Text
Tate & Brady, 1696

Text

Man like a shadow vainly walks,

 with fruitless cares oppressed;

He heaps up. wealth, but cannot tell

 by whom 'twill be possessed.

 

Why then should I on worthless toys

 with anxious care attend!

On thee alone my steadfast hope

 shall ever, Lord, depend.