Funeral Song help!!
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Hello everyone,
I'm looking for the setting of "how bright is the day" with a hymn tune, Rosin?? We just received a request for this for a funeral this weekend and I've been searching all over but turning up nada so far. Can anyone point me in the right direction??
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Matt, it's not listed in Higginson's Index under "how bright... or Rosin." Sorry. Maybe Kathy Pluth or Chuck Giffen will find it.
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"How bright is the day" is listed on hymnary at
http://www.hymnary.org/text/how_bright_is_the_day_when_the_christian
but the tune there is called MIFFLIN.
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That's the tune, chonak ... it's really an old Irish tune "Rosin the Bow" a.k.a. "Old Rosin, the Beau. I'm not sure how it got the name MIFFLIN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivWUFueNLs -
Does this help at all? Do you want more verses?
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I seriously question whether an Irish drinking song tune could possibly be appropriate, but you probably have no choice in the matter.
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Thank you Nathan! That's it!
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