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My own sweet country

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I am far from my home
My own sweet country

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My own sweet country

Author: John J. Hood Hymnal: Goodly Pearls for the Sunday School #d49 (1875) First Line: I am far from my home Languages: English
My own sweet country

My own sweet country

Hymnal: Chapel and Family Hymn Book #d58 (1875) First Line: I am far from my home Languages: English
My own sweet country

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John J. Hood

b. 1847 Author of "My own sweet country" Born: 1847, Scotland. Died: After 1929 (he was in the 1930 census). Hood ran a Gospel music publishing business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from as early as 1875 to at least 1913. --www.hymntime.com/tch
John J. Hood
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