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| Short Name: | Grace Wilbur Conant |
| Full Name: | Conant, Grace Wilbur, 1858-1948 |
| Birth Year: | 1858 |
| Death Year: | 1948 |
Pseudonym: A. B. Ponsonby.
Born: September 9, 1858, Boston, Massachusetts.
Died: April 7, 1948, Malden, Massachusetts.
Grace remained single all her life. Her middle name was her mother’s maiden name. She served as musical editor for the Kindergarten Review for at least six years, starting in 1908. Her works include:
Songs for Little People, with Frances Weld Danielson (Boston, Massachusetts: The Pilgrim Press, 1905)
Worship and Song, with Benjamin S. Winchester (Pilgrim Press, 1913)
Religious Dangers of Modern Tendencies in So-Called Religious Songs, 1917
Song and Play for Children, with Frances Weld Danielson (Pilgrim Press, 1925)
Tunes by Grace Wilbur Conant (165) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A bunny's dear home is a hole in the ground] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51216 75112 31454 |
| [A little band of knights are we] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55651 76552 25356 |
| [A little rain and a little sun] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 32213 45256 71763 |
| AGNI | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 6 | 31232 13531 71343 |
| [All the happy children] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33433 22232 55565 |
| [All the little children] (Conant) | Grace W. Conant (Composer) | 1 | 12161 77232 51 |
| [All things beautiful and fair] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 53324 32153 32432 |
| [Always earth is very fair] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 32123 43434 53671 |
| [America, America! our hearts belong to thee] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 13211 54334 34533 |
| [Autumn day, bright and gay] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 34534 53455 65423 |
| BARCAROLE | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 36717 36717 71232 |
| [Be ye kind one to another] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 55151 23355 31345 |
| [Blessed are the pure in heart] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55356 75314 21553 |
| BLUE DAY | Grace W. Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33123 43442 34567 |
| [Bread and milk for breakfast] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 35433 23112 23123 |
| [Brown nuts are for squirrels] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33213 34543 51667 |
| [Children who walk in Jesus' way] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33353 43234 46517 |
| [Comes the Christ-child gentle] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51721 15172 166 |
| COMRADE | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 35653 43232 35 |
| [Cream from the red cow] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55655 55653 34455 |
| [Dandelions in the grass] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 17617 65176 36517 |
| [Dear heavenly Father, hear us sing] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 16715 12314 43132 |
| DEO GRATIAS (Conant) | A. B. Ponsonby (Composer) | 5 | 13343 25565 43453 |
| [Down the rain comes] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 51721 56551 72211 |
| [Each flower lifts up its face to say] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 55335 56555 33556 |
| [Enter into His gates with thanksgiving] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 35432 53517 65432 |
| [Every morning I will raise] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 34353 21121 31766 |
| [Every day the big, round sun] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11223 45667 71117 |
| [Faithful and steady] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 31355 31351 71233 |
| FAR HILLS | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55661 76711 43322 |
| [Father in heaven, we pray to Thee] | G. W. C. (Composer) | 2 | 17121 44315 43221 |
| [Father, we thank Thee] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 17672 11234 32212 |
| FEALTY | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 13 | 33323 42346 543 |
| [Fly away, fly away over the sea] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55166 15123 52252 |
| [For all we eat and all we wear] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33351 44223 35144 |
| [For this good year of ours] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 13321 23144 32342 |
| [Freely ye received, freely give] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 12352 121 |
| [Friends of all we'd like to be] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 53514 32112 23224 |
| [Glad in the house of God] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55556 52334 56422 |
| [God is love, God is love] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 12334 54565 3121 |
| ["God is my helper," this I know] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 6 | 55432 11233 66545 |
| [God, make my life a little light] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55176 54354 32533 |
| [God of our boyhood, whom we yield] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 11112 34333 35 |
| [God our Father watch will keep] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 11223 21223 3432 |
| [God's children live in many lands] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51166 76551 16675 |
| [Great is the sun, and wide he goes] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 15563 45556 71512 |
| [Green in all the meadows] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 17121 76567 15543 |
| [Grow, wee violet; bloom, fair rose!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11123 16133 34532 |
| [Happy New Year! Happy New Year!] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 34252 31521 75321 |
| [He maketh his sun to rise] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11712 11 |
| [He that loveth not knoweth not God] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 34332 11231 651 |
| [Hear us thank Thee, kindest Friend] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 33551 13234 65433 |
| [Heavenly Father, thanks we bring] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 17214 23176 71221 |
| [Here, Lord, our seeds we're sowing] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 11767 21332 12435 |
| HERITAGE (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 57653 12333 65543 |
| [How do you do? Welcome to you!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 12322 34317 13251 |
| [How shall we worship thee] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 34332 26555 45 |
| HUNT (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11177 66755 12332 |
| HUNTINGTON (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 12714 32123 12466 |
| [I love my friends and they love me] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55173 21121 43654 |
| [I want to keep my record book] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 33217 61551 17665 |
| [I wish my gift the very best] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 35312 32123 56355 |
| [In garden, field and meadow] | Grace W. Conant (Composer) | 1 | 17657 65343 45317 |
| [In grandpa's barn the pigeons coo] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33252 12343 25212 |
| [In the trees the birds are singing, in the mountains and the glens] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 6 | 12353 22112 35321 |
| [In tiny nests among the leaves] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51176 71252 21712 |
| [It is very good to be] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11776 65443 32213 |
| [It is very nice to think] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55665 56544 55342 |
| [It's Children's Day! It's Children's Day!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 11776 65571 76655 |
| [Jesus, our Teacher and Master] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33321 23311 12171 |
| JUNIPER | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11232 21334 54435 |
| JUST FOR TODAY (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 12321 76641 32212 |
| JUVENTAS | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 32176 14321 26555 |
| [Kitty cat, I'll smooth your fur] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 54332 21123 54332 |
| LEWIS (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33444 45511 75456 |
| [Listen to our Easter song] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 33322 11172 213 |
| [Little brown seed, O little brown brother] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 34355 12133 23254 |
| [Little lamb, who made thee] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 33554 31133 21224 |
| [Little, light] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 17676 56543 25517 |
| [Little stars that wander in the great, deep blue] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11767 76561 11176 |
| [Love is kind, and suffers long] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 56716 17756 7123 |
| [Love made the daisy on the hill] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33453 23116 54342 |
| MATHAMS | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55611 76555 61327 |
| MEADOWS (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 51712 32125 17123 |
| [Merrily, merrily] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 54354 34323 45176 |
| [Merry Christmas, dear Mamma!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33533 21335 33211 |
| ["Merry Christmas!" ring the carols] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 12312 32134 53453 |
| [Merry, merry Christmas to mother dear!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 12171 56325 44322 |
| MISSIONER | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 51512 37373 45565 |
| MORRIS (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 55653 32123 43234 |
| [Mother calls us in the morning] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 56567 13321 41367 |
| [Mother Goose and Father Gander] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 17121 67517 12167 |
| [My shiny shoes are new, you see] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 11234 56511 23456 |
| [Now it's happy autumn time] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55116 67112 75332 |
| [Now our happy morning ends] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 56717 65567 17655 |
| [O grandmother, tell me] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 55117 12123 55565 |
| [O, what can little hands do] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55671 33543 12332 |
| OLD GLORY | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 17143 16112 5 |
| [Once there was a little town] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 34221 71234 22171 |
| [One day a sunbeam met a cloud] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 11235 12356 36342 |
| [Our bunny's so funny] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 35565 53556 55176 |
| [Out in the garden blooms the rose] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 32344 53533 44515 |
| BONNER (Carey Bonner) | G. W. C. (Arranger) | 2 | 11356 71653 11431 |
| [Rain, rain, springtime rain!] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 12345 65432 21 |
| RELIANCE (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11112 17716 12333 |
| [Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 51121 23334 54431 |
| SECURITAS | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55432 34556 6 |
| [See the busy honey bee] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 35322 11464 33252 |
| SHEPHERD'S CAROL | G. W. C. (Arranger) | 3 | 15315 35312 42115 |
| [Shine, shine, Christmas star] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 32211 56716 71232 |
| [Silent, each one, the tiny flowers are sleeping] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 16712 33343 24454 |
| [Sing unto the Lord] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 32343 55456 57656 |
| SOLDIERS OF THE RIGHT | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 12353 21353 234 |
| SOMETHING HAPPY | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 56533 22556 53322 |
| [Sometimes I say an extra prayer] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 53332 12353 33212 |
| [Sometimes when morning lights the sky] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 5 | 33255 32553 5127 |
| [Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 11261 23341 3 |
| SPRING CAROL (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 5 | 32161 33543 13554 |
| [Suffer little children, and forbid them not] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 32123 51767 13255 |
| [Tall grasses are swinging] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 32321 23525 65517 |
| [The bells of Easter sweetly ring] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 35533 43225 53343 |
| [The Christmas bells are ringing] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 51177 66511 77653 |
| [The dog says, "Bow wow"] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51765 54565 51765 |
| [The good red hen has yellow feet] | G. W. C. (Composer) | 2 | 17657 12314 32617 |
| [The lilacs are in blossom] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11324 35113 21132 |
| [The little busy bee] | G. W. C. (Composer) | 2 | 56112 35611 21 |
| [The merry bee above the bloom] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51171 27553 32342 |
| [The squirrel hastens to and fro] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 53553 25521 76255 |
| [The stars are lamps set in the sky] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 34322 34511 77665 |
| [The stars keep silent watch above] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51567 12341 23223 |
| [The sun is shining high above] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 35653 52234 34543 |
| [The wee bird in the willow] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 35323 21131 71766 |
| [The whole world is a Christmas tree] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 53343 45115 33434 |
| [The Word of God shall guide my feet] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 53321 76556 51235 |
| [The world is so full of a number of things] | G. W. C. (Arranger) | 5 | 13345 35176 55432 |
| [There's a song in the air] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 55161 76563 65 |
| [There's frost on the hill] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 51217 51217 53432 |
| [To every little child today] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 13322 12354 4352 |
| ['Twas long ago and far away] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33225 56533 21233 |
| [Twinkle, twinkle, little star] (Conant) | Grace W. Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33531 23335 31235 |
| [Two little birds, one autumn day] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 12172 16234 32532 |
| [Upstairs in the pine boughs] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 17676 51235 24323 |
| [Very yellow, very brown] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 32176 71454 23543 |
| VICTOR (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 17656 45334 56712 |
| [We are planting a tree] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 55112 31354 54311 |
| [We do not see the wind] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 35545 34556 17655 |
| [We give Thee but Thine own] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 11232 12345 43234 |
| [We love Him, because He first loved us] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 35112 3471 |
| [We love our flag with the stars and stripes] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 13323 45531 33665 |
| [We romp with the flowers and grass] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 51761 76751 76176 |
| [We thank the heavenly Father] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 34321 17454 32215 |
| [We thank Thee for our happy homes] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 33234 56533 23465 |
| [Welcome, welcome, happy bird] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 51776 75635 46354 |
| [What can I give Him, poor as I am?] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Adapter) | 2 | 33211 35656 34321 |
| [What time I am afraid] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33321 31161 251 |
| [When at morn I first awake] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 56517 65312 34535 |
| [When I am happiest I sing] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 11232 11556 76532 |
| [When Jesus walked this earth of ours] | G. W. C. (Composer) | 2 | 53321 17753 32117 |
| [When Jesus was a little lad] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 2 | 33343 63531 12343 |
| [When my father goes away] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 11612 21432 13225 |
| [When the week has ended] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 1 | 33232 14434 22232 |
| [Where do all the daises go?] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 13556 35176 51112 |
| [Which ever way the wind doth blow] | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 33223 21133 22321 |
| [Who has seen the wind?] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 3 | 17635 65313 16116 |
| [Why do bells for Christmas ring] (Conant) | Grace Wilbur Conant (Composer) | 4 | 53231 65532 3161 |
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