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Text:Hymn for the Russian Earth
Author:Yuri Zaritsky
Author:Eugene Friesen
Tune:[If the people lived their lives]
Composer:Yuri Zaritsky
Composer:Eugene Friesen

329. Hymn for the Russian Earth

If the people lived their lives
As if it were a song for singing out of light,
Provides the music for the stars
To be dancing circles in the night.

Text Information
First Line: If the people lived their lives
Title: Hymn for the Russian Earth
Author: Yuri Zaritsky
Author: Eugene Friesen
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Care for one another; Light; Music (2 more...)
Notes: Four part round
Tune Information
Name: [If the people lived their lives]
Composer: Yuri Zaritsky
Composer: Eugene Friesen
Key: d minor



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