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[Hard and long may be the battle, in this world of sin and care]

[Hard and long may be the battle, in this world of sin and care]

Composer: H. M. Eagle
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: H. M. Eagle

Herschel Mark Eagle For a while, Eagle was a singing teacher at Anthony Showalter’s Southern Normal Institute. As of 1914, he was living in Burke’s Garden, Virginia. In 1918, he was a member of the Big Quartet, which performed & promoted songs for Showalter’s music publishing company. --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Hard and long may be the battle, in this world of sin and care]
Composer: H. M. Eagle
Incipit: 51333 34321 55565
Copyright: Public Domain
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