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Text:I Want to Live Closer to My Lord
Author:R. M. S.
Tune:[When the storm clouds round me gather and the thunder roars above]
Composer:Roy M. Stone

44. I Want to Live Closer to My Lord

Text Information
First Line: When the storm clouds round me gather and the thunder roars above
Title: I Want to Live Closer to My Lord
Author: R. M. S.
Refrain First Line: I want to live closer to my blessed Lord
Language: English
Publication Date: 1955
Copyright: © 1955, by Stamps Quartet Music Co., Inc. in "Temple Echoes"
Tune Information
Name: [When the storm clouds round me gather and the thunder roars above]
Composer: Roy M. Stone
Incipit: 56111 16512 33321
Copyright: © 1955, by Stamps Quartet Music Co., Inc. in "Temple Echoes"



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