I Was There To Hear Your Borning Cry

Arranged by REY LAMBATIN Text & Music by JOHN YLVISAKER, b. 1937

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I was there to hear your born - ing cry, I'll be there when you are old. I re-

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child, with a faith to suit you well;
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raised to praise the li - ving Lord, to whom you now be - long.
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join your hearts as one, I'll be there to make your ver - ses rhyme from dusk till ri - sing sun. In the

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