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[What means this running "to and fro?"]

[What means this running "to and fro?"]

Composer: Gordon E. Hooker (1928)
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Composer: Gordon E. Hooker

Born: March 24, 1893, Tasmania. Died: May 7, 1990, California. As of 1930, Hooker was living in Los Angeles County, California. www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Title: [What means this running "to and fro?"]
Composer: Gordon E. Hooker (1928)
Incipit: 33211 23477 21171
Copyright: Public Domain

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