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Who wrote the song "Take My Heart Precious Lord"?

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In his over 1,000 songs Thomas Andrew Dorsey , 1899-1993 combined elements of the blues with traditional African-American religious music. His works include the early If You See My Savior and his best-known song, Take My Hand, Precious Lord.

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