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Text:Let Me Live Close to Thee
Author:J. R. Baxter, Jr., 1887-1960
Tune:[In Thy field I would wield sickles brave and true]
Composer:Virgil O. Stamps, 1892-1940

285. Let Me Live Close to Thee

Text Information
First Line: In Thy field I would wield sickles brave and true
Title: Let Me Live Close to Thee
Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr., 1887-1960
Meter: 11.11.11.8. With Refrain
Publication Date: 2007
Copyright: © 1927, Bridge Building, Inc. (BMI). All rights for the world. Admin. by Bridge Building, Inc. (BMI).
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [In Thy field I would wield sickles brave and true]
Composer: Virgil O. Stamps, 1892-1940
Meter: 11.11.11.8. With Refrain
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1927, Bridge Building, Inc. (BMI). All rights for the world. Admin. by Bridge Building, Inc. (BMI).



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