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Text:Before This Time Another Year
Author:Anonymous
Tune:[Before this time another year]
Arranger:M. Adams
Arranger:Louis Sykes
Composer:Anonymous

595. Before This Time Another Year

Before this time another year...
Before this time another year
I may be dead and gone!
I may be dead and gone!
I'll let you know before I go...
I'll let you know before I go
what will become of me!
What will become of me!

Text Information
First Line: Before this time another year
Title: Before This Time Another Year
Author: Anonymous
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture:
Topic: Everlasting Life; Heaven; Meter Hymns
Tune Information
Name: [Before this time another year]
Composer: Anonymous
Arranger: M. Adams
Arranger: Louis Sykes
Key: f minor
Source: Meter hymn
Copyright: Arr. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.



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