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Text:You Are Before Me, Lord
Author:Ian Pitt-Watson
Tune:SURSUM CORDA (SMITH)
Composer:Alfred Morton Smith

248. You Are Before Me, Lord

Text Information
First Line: You are before me, Lord. You are behind
Title: You Are Before Me, Lord
Author: Ian Pitt-Watson (1973, 1989)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Copyright: © Ian Pitt-Watson. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
ONE LICENSE: 90015
Tune Information
Name: SURSUM CORDA (SMITH)
Composer: Alfred Morton Smith (1941)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: D Major
Copyright: Used by permission of the estate of Doris Wright Smith.



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