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Text:I Won't Ever Be an Orphan in Heaven
Author:J. V. C.
Tune:[I once had a precious old daddy]
Composer:John V. Cobb

99. I Won't Ever Be an Orphan in Heaven

Text Information
First Line: I once had a precious old daddy
Title: I Won't Ever Be an Orphan in Heaven
Author: J. V. C.
Refrain First Line: I won't ever be an orphan in Heaven
Language: English
Publication Date: 1956
Copyright: © 1956, by The Marion Davis Company in "Bells of Glory"
Tune Information
Name: [I once had a precious old daddy]
Composer: John V. Cobb
Incipit: 15345 67156 71761
Copyright: © 1956, by The Marion Davis Company in "Bells of Glory"



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