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:O Lord, our fathers oft have told in our attentive ears,
:O Lord, our fathers oft have told in our attentive ears,
:The wonders on their days performed and elder times than theirs.
:The wonders in their days performed and elder times than theirs.
:How Thou to plant them here did'st drive the heathens from this land,  
:How Thou to plant them here did'st drive the Heathen from this land,  
:Dispeopled by repeated strokes of they avenging hand.
:Dispeopled by repeated strokes of thy avenging hand.


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Editor: Christopher Shaw (added 2007-09-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: O Lord, our fathers oft have told
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
Instruments:
Published: 1794

Description: An anthem for Thanksgiving from Continental Harmony, pub. 1794.

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Original text and translations

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O Lord, our fathers oft have told in our attentive ears,
The wonders in their days performed and elder times than theirs.
How Thou to plant them here did'st drive the Heathen from this land,
Dispeopled by repeated strokes of thy avenging hand.