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9. Take Hold the Life-Line

Text Information
First Line: O sailor, on life's stormy sea
Title: Take Hold the Life-Line
Author: F. G. Strickland
Refrain First Line: Take hold the life-line, hold it fast
Language: English
Publication Date: 1892
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [O sailor, on life's stormy sea]
Composer: C. V. Strickland
Notes: Public Domain.



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