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Text:My Truest Friend
Author:James Rowe
Tune:[Many count the Lord as a Friend away]
Composer:Robert Emmett

27. My Truest Friend

Text Information
First Line: Many count the Lord as a Friend away
Title: My Truest Friend
Author: James Rowe
Refrain First Line: Oh, I walk with Him and I talk with Him
Language: English
Publication Date: 1921
Copyright: © 1920 in "Jehovah's Praise," by R. E. Winsett
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Many count the Lord as a Friend away]
Composer: Robert Emmett
Incipit: 12333 21355 65332
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Public Domain.



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