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Text:The way is long and dreary
Author:A. A. Procter
Tune:VIA DOLOROSA
Composer:J. B. Dykes

529. The way is long and dreary

Text Information
First Line: The way is long and dreary
Author: A. A. Procter (1898)
Refrain First Line: O Lamb of God, who takest
Language: English
Publication Date: 1905
Tune Information
Name: VIA DOLOROSA
Composer: J. B. Dykes (1874)
Meter: 6s,4s. 9l. Irregular



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