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3. When the Harvest Is Known

Text Information
First Line: With a careless hand I have scattered the seed
Title: When the Harvest Is Known
Author: E. M.
Refrain First Line: In the garden of years
Language: English
Publication Date: 1918
Tune Information
Name: [With a careless hand I have scattered the seed]
Composer: Eldridge Murphy
Incipit: 12323 11216 55511



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