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THE
TURTLE
DOVE.
L.
M.
D.
"Shall
be
on
the
mountains
like
doves
of
the
valleys,
all
of
them
mourning,
every
one
for
his iniquity." Ezek.
9-16.
Key
of
D
Major.
Dover
Selection,
p.
154.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1. Hark!
don't
you
hear
the
tur
- tle
dove,
The
to
-
ken
of
re
-
deem
-
ing
love?
From
hill
to
hill
we
hear
the
the
sound,
The
neighb'ring
val
-
leys
ech
-
o
round.
O
Zi
-
on,
hear
the
tur
-
tle
2. The
win
-
ter's
past,
the
rain
is
o'er,
We
feel
the
chill
-
ing
winds
no
more;
The
spring
is
come;
how
sweet
the
view,
All
things
ap
-
pear
di
-
vine
-
ly
new.
On
Zi
-
on's
mount
the
watchmen
3.
The
trump
-
et
sounds,
both
far
and
nigh,
How
can
you
spurn
the
gos
-
pel
charms
?
O
sin
-
ners,
turn!
why
will
ye
die?
En
-
list
with
Christ,
gird
on
your
arms.
These
are
the
days
that
were
fore-
dove,
The
to
-
ken
of
your
Sa
-viour's
love
!
She
comes
the
des-
ert
land
to
cheer,
And
wel-come
in
the
ju
-
bil
year.
cry,
"The
res
-
er
-
rec
-
tion
s
draw
-ing
nigh;"
Be
-
hold,
the
na-
tions
from
abroad,
Are
flocking
to
the
mount
of
God.
told,
In
an -cient
times,
by
proph
-
ets
old;
They long'd
to
see
this
glo-ri-ous
light.
But
all
have
died
with
-
out
the
sight.
This
tune
was
taken
from
"Dover's
Selection,"
page
154.
It
is
also
printed
in
the
"Southern
Harmony"
by
William
Walker,
1835,
page
43,
and
in
the
"Sacred
Harp"
from
1844.
None
of
these
books
give
the
name
of
the
author
of
the
book
or
the
words.
The
stanzas
appear
in
"Zion
's
Songster"
by
Mason,
1832,
page
116,
and
in
"Loyd's
Hymn
Book,"
218.
In
title
"The
Turtle D"