Now We Would Pray

Author: R. Sylvia Umiglia Contesse
Composer: Douglas D. Barnes

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• French: Maintenant, nous voulons prier
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Copyright status of original text

This text was first published in French, in 1965 or earlier.

In copyright (IRI?)

Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Les enfants chantent (1965), no. 26.

Representative lyrics

French (Original Language)

Maintenant, nous voulons prier

Chants pour les enfants (1997, 1999), p. 144a

Translator: R. Sylvia Umiglia Contesse

Maintenant nous voulons prier; Nous devons donc nous préparer Croisons les bras, fermons les yeux, Nous allons parler avec Dieu.