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Delivered from the Hands of Pharaoh

Author: O. A. Parris

Oren Adolphus Parris born and died in Alabama Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022) ___________________________________________________________________________ For more information see: Orin Adolphus Parris: At Home Across the Shape-Note Music Spectrum Posted Spectrum by Jesse P. Karlsberg (https://originalsacredharp.com/2017/09/01/orin-adolphus-parris-at-home-across-the-shape-note-music-spectrum/)  Go to person page >

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First Line: Held in Egypt's bondage, I had long a wanderer been
Title: Delivered from the Hands of Pharaoh
Author: O. A. Parris (1933)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O I have been delivered by Jehovah's wondrous might
Copyright: © 1933, by Tennessee Music and Printing Co., in "Carols of Love"

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Carols of Love #d34

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