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Text:Ever would I fain be reading
Author:Miss Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878)
Author:Miss Luise Hensel (1798-1876)
Tune:NEWTON FERNS
Composer:Samuel Smith (1804-1873)

555. Ever would I fain be reading

Text Information
First Line: Ever would I fain be reading
Author: Miss Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878) (1858)
Author: Miss Luise Hensel (1798-1876) (1829)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1886
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Children's Songs
Tune Information
Name: NEWTON FERNS
Composer: Samuel Smith (1804-1873)
Meter: 8.7.



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