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Text:We Plow the Fields and Scatter the Good Seed
Author:Matthias Claudius, 1740-1815
Translator:Jane M. Campbell, 1817-1878
Tune:WIR PFLÜGEN
Composer:Johann A. P. Schulz, 1747-1800

655. We Plow the Fields and Scatter the Good Seed

Text Information
First Line: We plow the fields and scatter
Title: We Plow the Fields and Scatter the Good Seed
Author: Matthias Claudius, 1740-1815
Translator: Jane M. Campbell, 1817-1878 (alt.)
Refrain First Line: All good gifts around us
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. with refrain
Publication Date: 1996
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: God the Creator; Harvest; Rural Life (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WIR PFLÜGEN
Composer: Johann A. P. Schulz, 1747-1800
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. with refrain
Key: A♭ Major



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