The Broken Heart

(He DIed of A Broken Heart)

Thomas Dennis, circa 1907
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1. Have you read the sto - ry of the cross, Where Je - sus bled and
2. Have you read how they placed the crown of thornsUpon His king - ly
3. Have you read how the dy - ing thief was saved While hang - ing on the

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4. Have you read how in an - guish He cried aloud And died on Cal -

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died, Where yourdebt was paid by the pre - ciousblood Thatflowed from Hiswound - ed
brow, How He cried,“They kn - ow notwhat they do; O Fa - ther, for - give them
tree, When helooked with ple - ad - ing eyes and said, “O Lo - rd, re - mem - ber

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heart; Oh, won - drous love! for you, for me He died of a bro - ken heart

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death; U - pon that Tree for you and me Je-sus died an a - to - ningdeath.
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