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Text:On Life's Ocean
Author:J. T. E.
Tune:[I was sailing on life's ocean]
Composer:J. T. Ely

39. On Life's Ocean

Text Information
First Line: I was sailing on life's ocean
Title: On Life's Ocean
Author: J. T. E.
Refrain First Line: Then I started to my Saviour
Language: English
Publication Date: 1935
Copyright: © 1935, James D. Vaughan and J. T. Ely, owners
Tune Information
Name: [I was sailing on life's ocean]
Composer: J. T. Ely
Incipit: 12313 32135 16532
Copyright: © 1935, James D. Vaughan and J. T. Ely, owners



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