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305. We Thank Thee, O Father

Text Information
First Line: We plow the fields for sowing
Title: We Thank Thee, O Father
Author: Matthias Claudius, 1740-1815
Translator: Jane Montgomery Alexander, 1817-1878
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Publication Date: 2007
Tune Information
Name: [We plow the fields for sowing]
Composer: R. J. Stevens, 1927-
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: © 1986, R. J. Stevens, owner.



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