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Text:The Shepherd True
Author:W. M. R.
Tune:[There is a fold where all secure they lie]
Composer:William M. Runyan

41. The Shepherd True

Text Information
First Line: There is a fold where all secure they lie
Title: The Shepherd True
Author: W. M. R.
Refrain First Line: O Shepherd true, teach us Thy care to prove
Language: English
Publication Date: 1918
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [There is a fold where all secure they lie]
Composer: William M. Runyan
Incipit: 17665 66143 54331
Notes: Public Domain.



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