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Life Is the Greatest Gift of All

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Adapter: Waldemar Hille

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Author: William E. Oliver

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Text Information

First Line: Life is the greatest gift of all
Title: Life Is the Greatest Gift of All
Author: William E. Oliver (adapt.)
Adapter: Waldemar Hille
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Adapt. used by perm. of Hodgin Press

Tune

BROTHER JAMES' AIR

BROTHER JAMES' AIR was composed by James Leith Macbeth Bain (b. Scotland, c. 1840; d. Liverpool, England, 1925), the healer, mystic, and poet known simply as Brother James. The tune was first published in his volume The great peace: being a New Year's greeting ... (1915). Born in a devout Christian…

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Instances

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Singing the Living Tradition #331

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