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Text:I know the labors of my hand
Author:Paul Gerhardt
Tune:[I know the labors of my hand]
Composer:Johann Hermann Schein

35. I know the labors of my hand

Text Information
First Line: I know the labors of my hand
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1659)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1889
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [I know the labors of my hand]
Composer: Johann Hermann Schein (1627)
Incipit: 11175 67112 17567
Notes: Public Domain.



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