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Text:From a Distant Home
Translator:George K. Evans
Translator:Walter Ehret

156b. From a Distant Home

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First Line: From a distant home the Savior we come seeking
Title: From a Distant Home
Spanish Title: De tierra lejana venimos
Translator: George K. Evans
Translator: Walter Ehret
Refrain First Line: Lovely eastern star that tells us of God's morning
Language: English
Publication Date: 2016
Source: Villancico puertoriqueño (Yuacano)
Copyright: Tr. © 1963, 1980 Walter Ehret and George K. Evans, from "The International Book of Christmas Carols" (admin. Licensing Associates)
ONE LICENSE: 30139123
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