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3. What Could I Have Done Without Him?

Text Information
First Line: My soul was in darkness and sin held me tight
Title: What Could I Have Done Without Him?
Author: A. M. P.
Refrain First Line: What could I have done without Him?
Language: English
Publication Date: 1942
Copyright: © 1942 by James D. Vaughan Music Publisher in "Crowning Glory"
Tune Information
Name: [My soul was in darkness and sin held me tight]
Composer: Adger M. Pace
Incipit: 35555 55666 46555
Copyright: © 1942 by James D. Vaughan Music Publisher in "Crowning Glory"



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