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Text:O Dear Loving Mother of Mine
Author:Ethel Greenwood Rowell
Tune:[My thoughts often wander back home, far away]
Composer:Harry Dixon Loes

304. O Dear Loving Mother of Mine

Text Information
First Line: My thoughts often wander back home, far away
Title: O Dear Loving Mother of Mine
Author: Ethel Greenwood Rowell
Refrain First Line: O dear loving mother of mine
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Copyright: © 1959, by R. E. Winsett Music Co., in "Songs of Infinite Love"
Tune Information
Name: [My thoughts often wander back home, far away]
Composer: Harry Dixon Loes
Incipit: 55453 45444 44444
Copyright: © 1959, by R. E. Winsett Music Co., in "Songs of Infinite Love"



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