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108. I Am Bound for the Promised Land

Text Information
First Line: There is joy over yonder waiting, wonderful pleasures there will be mine
Title: I Am Bound for the Promised Land
Author: Lee Roy Abernathy (1940)
Refrain First Line: When I go home I'll be so glad
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Copyright: © 1940, by A. J. Showalter co., in "Bells of Heaven"
Tune Information
Name: [There is joy over yonder waiting, wonderful pleasures there will be mine]
Composer: Minzo C. Jones (1940)
Composer: M. Johnson (1940)
Incipit: 32111 11151 23555
Copyright: © 1940, by A. J. Showalter co., in "Bells of Heaven"



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