The Holy City

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There's a city, holy city, With its streets all pave with gold

Author: Mrs. Ezra Burns; Author: Ezra Burns (1955)
Tune: [There's a city, holy city]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Mrs. Ezra Burns

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Text Information

First Line:	There's a city, holy city, With its streets all pave with gold
Title:	The Holy City
Author:	Ezra Burns (1955)
Author:	Mrs. Ezra Burns
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	John saw that city, and the river there flowing
Copyright:	© 1955, by Stamps Quartet Music Co., Inc. in "Temple Echoes"