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When Ambassadors Go Away

We cannot understand why sorrow So often comes upon us here

Author: H. Z. Tanksley
Tune: [We cannot understand why sorrow] (Tanksley)
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: H. Z. Tanksley

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Text Information

First Line: We cannot understand why sorrow So often comes upon us here
Title: When Ambassadors Go Away
Author: H. Z. Tanksley
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We'll know about it over there
Publication Date: 1956
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1956.

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