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211. Sheep Fast Asleep

Text Information
First Line: Sheep fast asleep
Title: Sheep Fast Asleep
Author: Genzo Miwa (1907)
Translator: John Moss (1957, alt.)
Meter: 87.8.7.87.8.6
Publication Date: 1985
Copyright: Used by permission of John A. Moss and the United Church of Christ in Japan
Tune Information
Name: KŌRIN
Composer: Chûgoró Torii (1941)
Meter: 87.8.7.87.8.6
Key: D Major
Copyright: Used by permission of the United Church of Christ in Japan



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