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271. I'm Ready to Leave This World

Text Information
First Line: We read of a country beyond the bright river
Title: I'm Ready to Leave This World
Author: M. A. D.
Refrain First Line: Oh! what a glad morning fair
Language: English
Publication Date: 1969
Topic: Faith
Copyright: © 1941 by Parris Music Co. in "Sacred Echoes." Assigned to Tenn. Music and Printing Co., 1941
Tune Information
Name: [We read of a country beyond the bright river]
Composer: Milton A. Dodson
Copyright: © 1941 by Parris Music Co. in "Sacred Echoes." Assigned to Tenn. Music and Printing Co., 1941



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