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Text:Teach Me to Be True
Author:M. Victor Staley
Tune:[Be with me, Lord, each passing hour]
Composer:Chas. H. Gabriel

61. Teach Me to Be True

Text Information
First Line: Be with me, Lord, each passing hour
Title: Teach Me to Be True
Author: M. Victor Staley
Refrain First Line: Where'er Thou bidd'st me go, dear Lord
Language: English
Publication Date: 1905
Topic: Petition
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Be with me, Lord, each passing hour]
Composer: Chas. H. Gabriel
Notes: Public Domain.



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