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VIRGINIA.
C.
M.
"He
sendeth
out
his
word,
and
melteth
them:
he
causeth
his
wind
to
blow,
and
the
waters
flow."-147
Ps.
18.
Key
of
E
Minor.
Oliver
Bronson,
1783.
Thy
words
the
rag
-
ing
winds
con
-
rrol,
And
rule
the
bois
-
t,rous
deep;
Thou
mak'st
the
sleep
-
ing
Thy
words
the
rag
-
ing
winds
con
-
trol,
And
rule
the
bois
-
t'rous.
deep.
Thou
mak'st
the
sleep
-
ing
Thy
words
the
rag
-
ing
winds
con
-
trol
And
rule
the
bois
-
t,rous
deep;
Thou
mak'st
the
sleep
-
tng
bil
-
lows
roll,
The
roll...
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
The
roll
-
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
sleep.
bil
-
lows
roll,
The
roll...
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
The
roll
-
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
sleep.
bil
- lows
roll,
The
roll...
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
The
roll
-
ing
bil
-
lows
sleep.
sleep.
Oliver
Bronson,
author
of
"Virginia,"
in
1783
published
a
song
book
entitled
"Select
Tunes
and
Anthems."
It
has
some
very
beautiful
original
pieces
in
it.
A-
mong
some
of
the
tunes
cumposed
by
him
were
"Virginia,"
"Invitation"
and
"Jubilee."
Mr.
Bronson
was
a
ready
composer
and
director
of
music.
This
tune
is
one
of
the
old
minor
melodies,
See
John
Wyeth's
song
book,
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music,"
page
18.
The
same
words
have
been
associated
with
it
from
the
time
it
was
first
published.
It
was
published
in
The
Sacred
Harp
by
White
and
King
in
1844
to
1869;
also
in
Missouri
Harmony
1837
and
earlier
editions,
page
41.