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Text:Praise to God
Author:Nobuaki Hanaoka
Tune:SAKURA

13. Praise to God

Text Information
First Line: Praise to God, praise to God, for the greenness of the trees
Title: Praise to God
Author: Nobuaki Hanaoka (1980, alt.)
Meter: 677.77.66
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Copyright: Words © 1983 Nobuaki Hanaoka; Tr. © 1983 Abingdon Press, admin. The Copyright Co.
ONE LICENSE: VT115W
Tune Information
Name: SAKURA
Meter: 677.77.66
Key: a minor or modal
Source: Traditional Japanese melody; Harm. FCC, 1997
Copyright: Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX


Text Information:

Hanaoka, born in Japan and schooled in Japan and America, has been a minister in Sacramento CA


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