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In Old Galilee When Sweet Breezes Blew (Gariraya no kaze kaoru oka de)

Gariraya no kaze kaoru oka de (In old Galilee, when sweet breezes blew o'er the lake)

Paraphraser: George Gish; Author: Nobuo Befu
Tune: GARIRAYA NO KAZE
Published in 2 hymnals

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Paraphraser: George Gish

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Author: Nobuo Befu

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Text Information

First Line: Gariraya no kaze kaoru oka de (In old Galilee, when sweet breezes blew o'er the lake)
Title: In Old Galilee When Sweet Breezes Blew (Gariraya no kaze kaoru oka de)
Japanese Title: Gariraya no kaze kaoru oka de
Paraphraser: George Gish
Author: Nobuo Befu
Meter: Irregular
Language: English; Japanese
Copyright: Japanese words © The Hymnal Committee, UCC in Japan; Paraphrase © 1989 George Gish Jr.

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