How the Years Are Swiftly Passing!

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How the years are swiftly passing! (Vão-se os anos, vão-se as eras)

Author: Jerônimo Gueiros; Translator: João Wilson Faustini; Versifier: Rae E. Whitney
Tune: ANO NOVO (Faustini)
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Author: Jerônimo Gueiros

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Translator: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. Go to person page >

Versifier: Rae E. Whitney

Rae E. Whitney, 96, of Scottsbluff died Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the Residency in Scottsbluff. Her memorial service will be held 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 27, 2023, at St. Francis Episcopal Church with Reverend Erin Rath officiating. Interment of her ashes will follow at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering. Memorials may be made to the Lied Scottsbluff Public Library or to the church. Rae was born at Chippenham, Wiltshire, England May 21, 1927, the only daughter of Alice Martha “Pat” Davis and Arthur James Phillips. Educated at Chippenham Grammar School and the University of Bristol, she received her B.A. (Englis Honors) degree in 1948 and Certificate of Education in 1949. She was lady President of Bristol University Branch of the… Go to person page >

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First Line:	How the years are swiftly passing! (Vão-se os anos, vão-se as eras)
Title:	How the Years Are Swiftly Passing!
Portuguese Title:	Vão-se os anos, vão-se as eras
Author:	Jerônimo Gueiros
Translator:	João Wilson Faustini
Versifier:	Rae E. Whitney
Meter:	8.7.8.7
Language:	English; Portuguese
Copyright:	Original Portuguese text and English translation © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal; English metrical version © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions,Inc.