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Text:A Shofar Is Too Hard to Blow
Author:M. Lipman
Tune:[T'keeyaw, Sh'vawreem]
Composer:Samuel H. Adler

155. A Shofar Is Too Hard to Blow

Text Information
First Line: T'keeyaw, Sh'vawreem, you would no know it was I (תְּקִיעָה שְׁבָרִים)
Title: A Shofar Is Too Hard to Blow
Author: M. Lipman
Refrain First Line: A Shofar is too hard to blow
Language: English; Hebrew
Publication Date: 1960
Topic: Rosh Hashanah Hymns and Songs
Tune Information
Name: [T'keeyaw, Sh'vawreem]
Composer: Samuel H. Adler
Incipit: 15551 55543 21315
Key: F Major



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