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| Text: | Jesus, My Lord, Let Me Be Near You (Best of All Friends) |
| Author: | H. C. A. Gaunt, 1902-83 |
| Tune: | SHAWMUT |
| Composer: | K. Lee Scott |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Jesus, my Lord, let me be near You |
| Title: | Jesus, My Lord, Let Me Be Near You (Best of All Friends) |
| Author: | H. C. A. Gaunt, 1902-83 |
| Meter: | 9 9 9 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2000 |
| Topic: | The Christian Life |
| Copyright: | © Oxford Univeristy Press |
| Notes: | SHAWMUT, written for the Birmingham Boys Choir and named after the town of Scott's childhood in Chambers County, AL. Shawmut is now Valley AL. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SHAWMUT |
| Composer: | K. Lee Scott |
| Meter: | 9 9 9 9 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Copyright: | © 1987 MorningStar Music Publishers |
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