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Text:We Can Not Live Here Always
Author:R. L. R.
Tune:[We know we cannot live always]
Composer:Judge R. L. Rust

112. We Can Not Live Here Always

Text Information
First Line: We know we cannot live always
Title: We Can Not Live Here Always
Author: R. L. R.
Refrain First Line: Oh, how I wish that I had wings
Language: English
Publication Date: 1924
Copyright: © 1924 by Quartet Music Co. in "Song Praise"
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [We know we cannot live always]
Composer: Judge R. L. Rust
Incipit: 13233 55513 13223
Notes: Public Domain.



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