Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1948
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1937
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1941
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life’s uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life’s uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1929
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1936
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life’s uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life’s uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1938
Tune Title: [Alguien va conmigo de la vida en el correr]First Line: Alguien va conmigo de la vida en el correrComposer: Haldor LillenasKey: E♭ MajorDate: 1947
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1950
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1990
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1971
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1935
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1945
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life’s uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasKey: E♭ MajorDate: 1989
Tune Title: [One is walking with me over life's uneven way]First Line: One is walking with me over life's uneven wayComposer: Haldor LillenasDate: 1931