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Text:When I'm Sleeping In the Grave
Author:M. W. E.
Tune:[Earthly life is but a span]
Composer:Marion W. Easterling

62. When I'm Sleeping In the Grave

Text Information
First Line: Earthly life is but a span
Title: When I'm Sleeping In the Grave
Author: M. W. E.
Refrain First Line: When I'm sleeping in the grave
Language: English
Publication Date: 1949
Copyright: © 1949, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co., in "Boundless Love"
Tune Information
Name: [Earthly life is but a span]
Composer: Marion W. Easterling
Incipit: 56111 13233 21216
Copyright: © 1949, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co., in "Boundless Love"



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