[Come, prodigal, child, to your Father]

[Come, prodigal, child, to your Father]

Composer: John B. Vaughan
Published in 3 hymnals


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Composer: John B. Vaughan

John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, El­bert Coun­ty, Georg­ia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georg­ia. Buried: Oco­nee Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gos­pel song writ­er and mu­sic pub­lish­er. At one time he taught at the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal mu­sic school in Wa­co, Tex­as. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Some­where There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glo­ry By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Come, prodigal, child, to your Father]
Composer: John B. Vaughan
Meter: 9.8.9.8.4.7.4.7
Incipit: 55345 67155 66617
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Come, Prodigal Child

Come, prodigal child, to your Father,
Why feed on the mountains so bare?
I’m waiting, why stay any longer?
There’s bread enough and to spare.

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Timeless Truths #143

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