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Text:When the Darkness Flees
Author:Thos. R. Sweatmon
Tune:[Men have lived in sin and shame]
Composer:G. F. Whitlow

29. When the Darkness Flees

Text Information
First Line: Men have lived in sin and shame
Title: When the Darkness Flees
Author: Thos. R. Sweatmon
Refrain First Line: When the darkness flees away
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Men have lived in sin and shame]
Composer: G. F. Whitlow
Incipit: 12323 43321 21655
Notes: Public Domain.



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