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HATFIELD.
C.
M.
"And
said,
Naked
came
I
out
of
my
mother's
womb.-Job
1:21.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Nak-
ed
as
from
the
earth
we
came,
And
crept
to
life
at
first,
We
to
the
earth
re
-
turn
a
-
gain,
And
min
-
gle
with
our
dust.
Nak-
ed
as
from
the
earth
we
came,
And
crept
to
life
at
first,
We
to
the
earth
re
-
turn
a
-
gain,
And
min
-
gle
with
our
dust.
The
dear
de
-
lights
we
here
en
-
joy,
And
fond
-
ly
call
our
own,
Are
but
short
fa
-
vours
borrow'd
now,
To
be
re
-
paid
a
-
non.
The
dear
de
-
lights
we
here
en
-
joy,
And
fond-ly
call
our
own,
Are
but
short
fa
-
vours
borrow'd
now.
To
be
re
-
paid
a
-
non,
This
is
an
old
melody,
published
in
the
Presbyterian
Psalmist
nearly
one
hundred
years
ago,
page
572.
The
author's
name
is
not
given,
and
is
unknown.
It
was
first
published
in
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1850.
Isaac
watts
is
the
author
of
the
stanza.
Only
a
part
of
the
hymn
is
presented
in
this
tune.
It
also
appears
in
the
psalmist
above
mentioned.