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Text:How Beautiful, Our Spacious Skies
Author (St. 1):Katharine Lee Bates
Author (St. 2-4):Miriam Therese Winter
Tune:MATERNA
Composer:Samuel A. Ward

594. How Beautiful, Our Spacious Skies

Text Information
First Line: How beautiful our spacious skies
Title: How Beautiful, Our Spacious Skies
Author (St. 2-4): Miriam Therese Winter (1993)
Author (St. 1): Katharine Lee Bates (1893, alt.)
Meter: C.M.D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Topic: Christian unity; Citizenship; Freedom and Liberation: National (2 more...)
Copyright: Word adaptations © 1993 Medical Mission Sisters
Tune Information
Name: MATERNA
Composer: Samuel A. Ward (1882)
Meter: C.M.D.
Key: B♭ Major



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