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3J. In This World Abound Scrolls of Wisdom

Text Information
First Line: In this world abound
Title: In This World Abound Scrolls of Wisdom
Japanese Title: Yo no naka ni fumi chō fumi wa o-o keredo
Author: Sachirō Yuya (before 1903, alt.)
Translator: Esther Hibbard (1962)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1980
Scripture: ; ; ;
Tune Information
Name: MŌSŌ
Harmonizer: Kazu Nakaseko (1963)
Key: a minor or modal
Source: Old Japanese Melody of Chinese origin; As adapted in "Sambika," 1954



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