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Text:Look Up and Wear a Smile
Author:H. G.
Tune:[When you are sore oppressed and in the hardest test]
Composer:Hubert Gilmore

2. Look Up and Wear a Smile

Text Information
First Line: When you are sore oppressed and in the hardest test
Title: Look Up and Wear a Smile
Author: H. G. (1948)
Refrain First Line: Look up and trust the Savior
Language: English
Publication Date: 1949
Copyright: © 1948, by The Hartford Music and printing Co., Inc. in "Golden Gates"
Tune Information
Name: [When you are sore oppressed and in the hardest test]
Composer: Hubert Gilmore (1948)
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1948, by The Hartford Music and printing Co., Inc. in "Golden Gates"



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