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This is the tune used in the current (1985) LDS hymnal with [[A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief]], although that hymnal refers to the tune as [[Duane Street]] (which is another song entirely, though also associated with [[A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief]]).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=a_tMAI0k_GYC&pg=PA12&dq=%22a+poor+wayfaring+man+of+grief%22&sig=aCGpbcJAhhEwugHKcFvZv78mTaI Here is a source] that gives hints as to how this confusion may have begun (they apparently assumed [[Duane Street]] was this tune, having never heard it).
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This is the tune used in the current (1985) LDS hymnal with [[A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief]], although that hymnal refers to the tune as [[Duane Street]] (which is another song entirely, though also associated with [[A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief]]).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=a_tMAI0k_GYC&pg=PA12&dq=%22a+poor+wayfaring+man+of+grief%22&sig=aCGpbcJAhhEwugHKcFvZv78mTaI Here is a source] that gives hints as to how this confusion may have begun (they apparently assumed [[Duane Street]] was this tune, having never been able to find it).
  
 
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=Associated Lyrics=

Revision as of 15:13, 27 August 2007

General Information

  • The actual name of this tune has yet to be verified, however the Cyberhymnal calls it Man of Grief (without a source), and the Latter-day Saints Psalmody calls it Hyrum.
  • Composer: Unknown (some, including the Cyberhymnal) suppose this to be George Coles, although a source verifying this has yet to be identified. This tune was published by 1908.

Latter-day Saint Information

This is the tune used in the current (1985) LDS hymnal with A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, although that hymnal refers to the tune as Duane Street (which is another song entirely, though also associated with A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief). Here is a source that gives hints as to how this confusion may have begun (they apparently assumed Duane Street was this tune, having never been able to find it).

Associated Lyrics

References

  1. Hymn no. 34 (A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief) in the Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889 says these lyrics (no. 321) may also be used with this tune.

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