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Version 1

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T:Oh What A Beautiful City
Z:Webmaster
C:Pete Seeger
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w:Oh what a beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Oh what a beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Oh what a
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w:beau-ti-ful ci-ty. Twelve gates to the ci-ty Oh * my Lord - 
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w:Three gates * to the east, three gates * to the west, three gates * to the north
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w:Three gates * to the south. There's * * twelve gates to the ci-ty hal-le-lu-jah
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W:Oh what a beautiful city
W:Oh what a beautiful city
W:Oh what a beautiful city
W:Twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
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W:1
W:Three gates in the East
W:Three gates in the West
W:Three gates in the North
W:Three gates in the South
W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
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W:2
W:Who are those children they're dressed in red?
W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
W:It must be the children that Moses led
W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
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W:3
W:Oh, when I get to Heaven, gonna sing and shout
W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah
W:Ain't nobody there gonna put me out
W:There's twelve gates to the city, Hallelujah

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Song by Pete Seeger
Country of origin: USA

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