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Text:Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author:Thomas A. Dorsey
Tune:PRECIOUS LORD
Composer:Thomas A. Dorsey
Media:Audio recording

474. Precious Lord, Take My Hand

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Text Information
First Line: Precious Lord, take my hand
Title: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author: Thomas A. Dorsey (1932)
Meter: Irr.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Prayer, Trust, Hope; Affliction and Tribulation; Comfort (4 more...)
Copyright: © 1938, ren. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (admin. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.)
ONE LICENSE: 59543
Tune Information
Name: PRECIOUS LORD
Composer: Thomas A. Dorsey (1932)
Meter: Irr.
Key: G Major
Copyright: © 1938, ren. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (admin. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.)



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