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Text:You Never Can Win When You're Wrong
Author:L. A. E.
Tune:[You may be the rich ruler of Laz'rus of old]
Composer:Lethal A. Ellis

44. You Never Can Win When You're Wrong

Text Information
First Line: You may be the rich ruler of Laz'rus of old
Title: You Never Can Win When You're Wrong
Author: L. A. E. (1949)
Refrain First Line: You never can win when you're wrong
Language: English
Publication Date: 1949
Copyright: © 1949, by Lethal A. Ellis, Vardman, Miss. in "Amazing Grace"
Tune Information
Name: [You may be the rich ruler of Laz'rus of old]
Composer: Lethal A. Ellis (1949)
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1949, by Lethal A. Ellis, Vardman, Miss. in "Amazing Grace"



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