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Text:When We Lay Our Burdens Down
Author:E. R. Latta
Tune:[Tho' in life the tempests gather]
Composer:Dr. W. O. Perkins

30. When We Lay Our Burdens Down

Text Information
First Line: Tho' in life the tempests gather
Title: When We Lay Our Burdens Down
Author: E. R. Latta
Refrain First Line: We shall see him in his glory
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Tho' in life the tempests gather]
Composer: Dr. W. O. Perkins
Incipit: 55113 12116 55217
Notes: Public Domain.



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