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Text:This Is the Life
Author:E. A. Barnes
Tune:[Living for Jesus, earnest and faithful]
Composer:L. O. Emerson

39. This Is the Life

Text Information
First Line: Living for Jesus, earnest and faithful
Title: This Is the Life
Author: E. A. Barnes
Refrain First Line: Oh, this is the life that the Master would see
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Living for Jesus, earnest and faithful]
Composer: L. O. Emerson
Incipit: 53665 55172 21117
Notes: Public Domain.



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