My Sister's Hands

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SSA

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Sally DeFord

: H H
2 4 Unison:

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1. My sis - ter's hands are

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HH ‹‹ H G
2. My sis - ter's

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G
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H H‹ H H HH
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H G H H G
= H H G H
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r r
H ‹ H ‹ H H H‹ H H
: H H H H H G‹
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r r
fair and white, My sis - ter's hands are dark, My sis - ter's hands are

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H ‹‹ H G
lined and worn with bur - dens of their own, And yet I know that

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H H GG H H H H
H G‹ H H H G
H H H G
= H G G‹ H ‹ H
G
r ¬ r
r H HH HH HH
: H‹ H H‹ G‹ HH ‹‹
div.

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touched with age, or by the years un - marked. And of - ten when I

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should I mourn, I need not weep a - lone, For of - ten as I

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H H GG H H H G
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= H H G‹ H H G H
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H
pray for strength to live as He com - mands, The Fa - ther sends me

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HHH Ú HH HHH ‹‹‹‹
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seek His grace to light - en life's de - mands, The Fa - ther sends me

: GGG H H H H GG
H H H H H H H H G
H G G H H H
H H ÚH H H H H H
= H H
H
H H H H H ÚH

My Sister's Hands - SSA-1

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no breath

HH G‹ ¹
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sus - te - nance in my sis - ter's hands.

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so - lace borne in my sis - ter's hands.

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H
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I & II

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H H H H H ÚÚ ‹ H H‹
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r
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H
G H H H H‹
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= H
H H G‹ H H H H H H
H G‹

My Sister's Hands - SSA-2

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HH‹ ‹ HH HH ‹‹ HH H H H HH GG ‹‹ † HH ‹‹ HH HH HH
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char - i - ty with - in the hu - man heart, Bear - ers of the

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HH ‹‹ H H‹ H GGG
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= H H G ‹ H H H
H H H

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H‹ HH H HH Ú HH HH HH GG ‹‹ † HH ‹‹ HH HH HH
: H
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ÚÚ r r
Sav - ior's love and mer - cy un - to man, I have felt the

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: H‹ H H H H H H H G‹ H‹ H H H
ÚÚ G HH HH ‹‹
HH Ú HHH r H H H GG
üû
GG H HHH H
H HH ‹‹
H H
H H
: H H HH H G
H G ÚH H H
ÚÚ H H
H H HG H H H
H H H
= H H H H H

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ÚÚ H
HH Ú H GG ˆ
unison

G
sub.

: G G G F
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Mas - ter's touch, in my sis - ter's hands.

G G ˆ
sub.

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H HH HH
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sub. ¡
F F
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H ‹ H G‹ G
= H ÚH H H Ù
Ù F G
My Sister's Hands - SSA-3