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Text:Saved to Stay
Author:Herbert Buffum
Tune:[The whole world looks brighter and better to me]
Composer:J. M. Henson

4. Saved to Stay

Text Information
First Line: The whole world looks brighter and better to me
Title: Saved to Stay
Author: Herbert Buffum
Refrain First Line: I mean to go thru, I mean to be true
Language: English
Publication Date: 1936
Copyright: © 1936 in "Songs of Praise no. 5" Owned by J. M. Henson
Tune Information
Name: [The whole world looks brighter and better to me]
Composer: J. M. Henson
Incipit: 51111 76546 51777
Copyright: © 1936 in "Songs of Praise no. 5" Owned by J. M. Henson



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