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Text:Don'ts be Downhearted
Author:D. McNeil
Tune:[Have you ever heard what the sparrows say?]
Composer:D. McN.

714. Don'ts be Downhearted

Text Information
First Line: Have you ever heard what the sparrows say?
Title: Don'ts be Downhearted
Author: D. McNeil
Refrain First Line: Don't be downhearted, look up! look up!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1921
Tune Information
Name: [Have you ever heard what the sparrows say?]
Composer: D. McN.
Incipit: 51765 32165 55555



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