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PRINCIPIO

Composer: Carlos Rosas

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Arranger: Susan Adams

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Tune Information

Title: PRINCIPIO
Composer: Carlos Rosas (1991)
Arranger: Susan Adams (1995)
Meter: Irregular
Key: d minor
Copyright: Music © 1991 Carlos Rosas; arr. © 1995 Chalice Press

Texts

En el Principio (In the Beginning)

En el principio hizo Dios la humanidad
con gran cariño, con amor, con gran bondad.
Dios bondadoso a su santa imagen nos creó.

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