====== #630 - The Prodigal Child ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *++William Howard Doane|{{search>"William Howard Doane" @cobs}}++ (1832-1915), 1869
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  *[[:incipit]]: 5533315565322223435312343
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 531565323435312343
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Come home! come home!\\
You are weary at heart,\\
For the way has been dark\\
And so lonely and wild;\\
O prodigal child!\\
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//chorus: //\\
Come home! oh, come home!\\
Come home! Come, oh, come home!\\
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Come home! Come home!\\
For we watch and we wait,\\
And we stand at the gate,\\
While the shadows are piled;\\
O prodigal child!\\
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Come home! Come home!\\
From the sorrow and blame,\\
From the sin and the shame\\
And the tempter that smiled;\\
O prodigal child!\\
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Come home! Come home!\\
There is bread to spare,\\
And a warm welcome there,\\
Then to friends reconciled,\\
O prodigal child!\\
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    *Ellen Maria Huntington Gates (1835-1920)