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Text:We Plow the Fields (We Thank Thee, O Father)
Author:Matthias Claudius
Translator:Jane Montgomery Campbell
Tune:STEVENS
Composer:R. J. Stevens

443. We Plow the Fields (We Thank Thee, O Father)

Text Information
First Line: We plow the fields and scatter
Title: We Plow the Fields (We Thank Thee, O Father)
Author: Matthias Claudius (1782)
Translator: Jane Montgomery Campbell (1861)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Tune Information
Name: STEVENS
Composer: R. J. Stevens (1986)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1986 R. J. Stevens



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