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[How I got over]

Composer: Clara Ward

Ward, Clara; b. Apr. 21, 1924, Philadelphia, PA, d. Jan. 16, 1973, Los Angeles, CA; gospel singer and pianist Go to person page >

Arranger: Dorothy Pearson

(no biographical information available about Dorothy Pearson.) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [How I got over]
Composer: Clara Ward
Arranger: Dorothy Pearson
Incipit: 11345 17542 11115
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1951 by Andrea Music Co.

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