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Text:Blessed Evening
Author:Chauncey R. Piety
Tune:[Evening shadows close around us]
Composer:A. H. Ackley

169. Blessed Evening

Text Information
First Line: Evening shadows close around us
Title: Blessed Evening
Author: Chauncey R. Piety (1931)
Refrain First Line: Blessed evening, quiet evening
Language: English
Publication Date: 1931
Copyright: © 1931, by Robert H. Coleman
Tune Information
Name: [Evening shadows close around us]
Composer: A. H. Ackley (1931)
Incipit: 53325 22151 17655
Copyright: © 1931, by Robert H. Coleman



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