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Text:When the Pearly Gates Swing Wide
Author:J. W. V.
Tune:[Angels will be sweetly singing, and the joy-bells will be ringing]
Composer:J. W. Vaughan

34. When the Pearly Gates Swing Wide

Text Information
First Line: Angels will be sweetly singing, and the joy-bells will be ringing
Title: When the Pearly Gates Swing Wide
Author: J. W. V.
Refrain First Line: When the pearly gates swing wide
Language: English
Publication Date: 1936
Copyright: © 1936 James D. Vaughan
Tune Information
Name: [Angels will be sweetly singing, and the joy-bells will be ringing]
Composer: J. W. Vaughan (1936)
Incipit: 34555 56535 67166
Copyright: © 1936 James D. Vaughan



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