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It Can't Be Very Long

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Author: Fred Rich

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Text Information

First Line: My evening sun is sinking low
Title: It Can't Be Very Long
Author: Fred Rich (1946)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: It can't be very long
Copyright: © 1946, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Ptg. Co. in "Shining Path"

Tune

[My evening sun is sinking low]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[My evening sun is sinking low]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals19461946.519471947.519481948.519491949.519501950.51951050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Melodies of Joy #69

Shining Path #71

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