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Text:Thou Wast Once a Child
Author:Rev. Joel Swartz, D.D.
Tune:[Saviour, thou wast once a child]
Composer:S. B. Ellenberger

76. Thou Wast Once a Child

Text Information
First Line: Saviour, thou wast once a child
Title: Thou Wast Once a Child
Author: Rev. Joel Swartz, D.D.
Refrain First Line: Suffer the children to come unto me
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Tune Information
Name: [Saviour, thou wast once a child]
Composer: S. B. Ellenberger
Incipit: 51331 71231 35535



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