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Text:Break thou the bread of life
Author:Mary Artemisia Lathbury
Tune:FARLEY CASTLE
Composer:Henry Lawes

672a. Break thou the bread of life

Text Information
First Line: Break thou the bread of life
Author: Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1877)
Meter: 6 4. 6 4. D.
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Hymns Chiefly for Personal Use; Holy Communion
Tune Information
Name: FARLEY CASTLE
Composer: Henry Lawes (1638)
Meter: 6 4. 6 4. D.
Key: D Major



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