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36. Like a Ship Without a Sail

Text Information
First Line: Like a ship without a sail, we drift
Title: Like a Ship Without a Sail
Author: Adger M. Pace
Refrain First Line: We're sailing on
Language: English
Publication Date: 1936
Copyright: © 1936 Pace and Summerlin
Tune Information
Name: [Like a ship without a sail, we drift]
Composer: Herschel Summerlin (1936)
Incipit: 55561 12233 32523
Copyright: © 1936 Pace and Summerlin



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