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Text:Sheep Fast Asleep /Hitsuji Wa
Author:Genzo Miwa
Translator:John Moss
Tune:KORIN
Composer:Chugoro Torii

135. Sheep Fast Asleep /Hitsuji Wa

Text Information
First Line: Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill
Title: Sheep Fast Asleep /Hitsuji Wa
Author: Genzo Miwa (1907)
Translator: John Moss (1957)
Meter: 87 87 87 86
Language: English; Japanese
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Singing God's Story: Christmas / Birth of Christ; Japanese
Source: Japanese hymn
Copyright: Text and music used by permission of the Hymnal Committee, United Church of Christ in Japan.; Translation © 1963, John A. Moss. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: KORIN
Composer: Chugoro Torii (1941)
Meter: 87 87 87 86
Key: D Major
Copyright: Text and music used by permission of the Hymnal Committee, United Church of Christ in Japan.



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