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The Old Path Is the Best

There is a way that seemeth right, But the end thereof is death

Author: McKinley Smith
Tune: [There is a way that seemeth right] (Smith)
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: McKinley Smith

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Text Information

First Line: There is a way that seemeth right, But the end thereof is death
Title: The Old Path Is the Best
Author: McKinley Smith
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The old path is the best
Publication Date: 1949
Copyright: © 1949, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Chords of Love"

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