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Text:There is a green hill far away
Author:Cecil F. Alexander
Tune:GREEN HILL
Composer:George C. Stebbins

99. There is a green hill far away

Text Information
First Line: There is a green hill far away
Author: Cecil F. Alexander (1848)
Refrain First Line: O dearly, dearly, has he loved
Language: English
Publication Date: 1921
Topic: Christ: Love of our Souls; Christ: Passion and Death; Man of Sorrows
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: GREEN HILL
Composer: George C. Stebbins (1878)
Meter: C. M. with Refrain
Notes: Public Domain.



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