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Text:I Was Meant For The Middle Cross
Author:M. Lynwood Smith
Author (refrain):Robert E. Arnold
Tune:[Like a ship that was lost out at sea]
Composer:Maurice Wood

65. I Was Meant For The Middle Cross

Text Information
First Line: Like a ship that was lost out at sea
Title: I Was Meant For The Middle Cross
Author: M. Lynwood Smith
Author (refrain): Robert E. Arnold
Refrain First Line: I was meant for the middle cross
Language: English
Publication Date: 1977
Copyright: © 1973 by M. Lynwood Smith Publications in "New Songs No. 11."
Tune Information
Name: [Like a ship that was lost out at sea]
Composer: Maurice Wood
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1973 by M. Lynwood Smith Publications in "New Songs No. 11."



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