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1a. Hold Out Your Light

Text Information
First Line: While going on life's weary road
Title: Hold Out Your Light
Author: J. M. H.
Refrain First Line: Hold out your light along the way
Language: English
Publication Date: 1953
Copyright: © 1953, in "Bells of Zion" by J. M. Henson
Tune Information
Name: [While going on life's weary road]
Composer: J. M. Henson
Incipit: 51111 16551 11123
Copyright: © 1953, in "Bells of Zion" by J. M. Henson



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