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Elhanan’s Birthday L.M.

By William Cleary

Key
F major
Type
Fuging tune
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2020
Text
Elhanan Winchester, 1794

Text

Thus far thy providential care
Has been extended unto me;
So num'rous Lord, thy mercies are,
I cannot reckon them to me.

O Lord upon this annual day
My soul reviews with grief and pains
How much I've trifled life away,
How many years I've spent in vain.