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Text:The Backslider
Author:C. E. Orr
Author (refrain):A. L. Byers
Tune:[Sad and lonely, weak and weary]
Composer:A. L. Byers

22. The Backslider

Text Information
First Line: Sad and lonely, weak and weary
Title: The Backslider
Author: C. E. Orr
Author (refrain): A. L. Byers
Refrain First Line: O backslider, there is pardon
Publication Date: 1911
Tune Information
Name: [Sad and lonely, weak and weary]
Composer: A. L. Byers
Incipit: 33332 14322 12325
Key: A♭ Major



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