Short Name: | B. B. McKinney |
Full Name: | McKinney, B. B., 1886-1952 |
Birth Year: | 1886 |
Death Year: | 1952 |
Pseudonyms--
Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin)
Otto Nellen
Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh)
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Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942.
McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee.
McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more.
--© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
Tunes by B. B. McKinney (209)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A moral man came to the Savior of men] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53333 21252 15616 |
[Above the mire, above the clay] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55316 53123 32125 |
[All hail to the King of glory] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51712 53215 61121 |
[All my fears are gone] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 34533 12322 71212 |
ALTAR | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 33332 13244 44543 |
[Always with us, always with us] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55651 43123 45765 |
[Another day is dawning] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Are you weary today] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 12334 33455 65123 |
[As He heard His waiting people] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[As we gather in Thy presence] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 55111 21755 22343 |
[Awake, awake, Put on thy strength] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
BACK TO BETHEL | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 31353 56465 34565 |
[Beautiful Redeemer] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Behold the Savior kneeling there; like sweat flow drops of blood] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55432 12333 37165 |
[Beyond the clouds the sun doth shine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 56713 21757 12767 |
[Blessed Savior, we adore Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 55536 65312 35432 |
[Breathe over our waiting spirits, Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Bright is the light of the "Old Rugged Cross"] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 56712 34123 32122 |
BRYSON CITY | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34315 65311 24323 |
BY AND BY | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 12 | 12333 21211 61123 |
[By and by we'll gain the victory] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 32143 33212 17433 |
CEDAR LANE (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 17654 56517 1212 |
CHRIST FOR THE WORLD (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 51712 33441 23332 |
[Christ has for sin atonement made] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51134 56651 77767 |
[Christ Jesus has commanded us to go in all the world] | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53323 52234 43233 |
[Christ Jesus is the living way] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53321 56533 32122 |
[Christ Jesus left heaven my soul to save] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53433 21177 52222 |
CHRISTIAN HOME (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 25 | 32347 13335 43234 |
[While passing through this world of sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 27 | 53451 76665 45322 |
FAIRFIELD (Southern Harmony) | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 3 | 13157 11234 55432 |
[Come, linger here with the Master] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
CONSTANCY (Anonymous) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 33332 35322 55423 |
[Do you weary grow on your toilsome road] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 34511 55615 55565 |
[Don't go away unsaved] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Draw near] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Everything's alright in the Father's house] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Adapter) | 4 | 33231 21615 1171 |
FALLS CREEK | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 36 | 53344 55123 33212 |
[Father hear our prayer] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53322 16443 67554 |
[For God so loved the world] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
FOR ME | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33365 66117 63333 |
[Forgive the things I've said in haste] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Free from the law, since Christ is mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55653 14322 34234 |
[Give me a heart like Thine, dear Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53321 17752 52315 |
GLORIOUS NAME (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 33 | 55536 65312 35432 |
[God gives me health and strength and power] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 13332 35312 23211 |
[God loved the world of sinners lost] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55436 54313 43215 |
GRICE | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 9 | 51117 65535 11171 |
[Hark, the bugle call is sounding] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55113 15544 33421 |
[Have you prayed today in the secret place] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Have you read the story of the cross] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 51331 23431 33217 |
[He carried my sins far away] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He is coming, Hallelujah] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He is mine, He is mine] (Bennett) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 51752 15671 23542 |
[He is risen, He is risen] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55153 15555 66545 |
[He knows the bitter, weary way] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He lives, He lives, O glorious thought] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51575 65365 32112 |
ALOHA OE | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 25 | 51332 17165 31221 |
[He sends the rainbow, a lovely rainbow] (Chorus) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
[He will never cast you out] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 11765 63554 5635 |
[Hear our prayer, Father, hear] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 35235 23344 323 |
[Hear the trumpet call ringing out to you?] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55111 12333 12222 |
[Help me, my Lord, to grow] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 54565 12671 51235 |
HOLCOMB (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 21 | 33345 52111 41333 |
[Holy Spirit, like the dew] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33221 17155 65566 |
[How do I know that Christ is mine] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33343 63222 32521 |
[I am a poor wayfaring pilgrim] (Sharp) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 13455 45311 44413 |
[I drifted away from the love of God] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51332 34332 12572 |
[I'm just a weary pilgrim] (32113) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 3 | 32113 55466 55323 |
[I have read of a beautiful city] (Presbrey) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 34545 67215 11171 |
[I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 56717 65332 12275 |
[I heard the voice of Jesus say] (Old English) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 5 | 33344 54323 45143 |
[I know not the hour when my Lord will come] (McGranahan) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55453 21176 55543 |
[I met Him one day on a lonely road] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 9 | 55351 76554 42765 |
[I saw One hanging on a tree] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
I SHALL NOT BE MOVED | Baylus B. McKinney (Arranger) | 4 | 33434 22222 23221 |
[I stood alone at the bar of God] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I surrender, blessed Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I was drifting far from the "Beacon Star"] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 10 | 34533 21161 76511 |
[I was glad when they said unto me] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 54332 13654 32223 |
[I was sinking down in sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I was sinking down in the waves of sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 13565 32123 34556 |
[I would be like Thee, Beautiful Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I would be true, dear Lord, to Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[If I can plant a rose where thorns have been] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[If you are burdened with grief and woe] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 56532 13212 22212 |
[I'm an heir of God's grace] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55172 11232 43345 |
[In a land of sin and doubt] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34554 51712 66567 |
[In the quiet hours of morning] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[Into the woods my Master went] (Mckinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33367 12343 17677 |
[It is wonderful to know that the Savior came] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51343 21557 21556 |
[It's the only message God has given] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34556 17653 12356 |
[I've found a Friend, O such a friend] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55553 51231 222 |
NEVER ALONE (55535) | Baylus B. McKinney (Arranger) | 9 | 55351 33112 16555 |
IVERSON (Iverson) | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 18 | 33332 34312 33333 |
[Jehovah's praise we gladly sing] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51112 34345 65132 |
[Jesus is calling you over and over] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 54532 16155 65756 |
[Jesus is coming to claim His own] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55553 56155 43465 |
[Jesus is standing at your heart's door] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 55533 34424 44222 |
[Jesus is the sunshine of my heart] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 55356 53172 34 |
STANLEY (Abt) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 34513 21765 17654 |
[Keep a glad song singing in your heart each day] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Keep on praying till you pray it through] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 8 | 55651 23432 23212 |
[Lead on, O King of Glory] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
LEAVELL | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 7 | 51113 45171 271 |
LEE (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 15 | 55567 15661 76552 |
LEILA (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 8 | 55431 23114 41235 |
[Let me travel the road, the road of life] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lift up your eyes to the lost in sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53451 23432 71232 |
[Soft as the voice of an angel] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 5 | 55517 65344 46543 |
[Living for Jesus, Savior and King] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
CWM RHONDDA | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 3 | 56511 71232 31643 |
IRA (Sankey) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 13332 21135 55435 |
[Love found its way to my sin-burdened soul] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33213 45465 13454 |
[Love led my Savior from glory land] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51676 52311 66617 |
[Have you failed in your plan of your storm-tossed life] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 32 | 51323 13455 31322 |
MAKE OF MY HEART THY THRONE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33323 21435 55312 |
[Man of Sorrows kneeling down] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 11756 35332 17121 |
MATTHEWS (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 16 | 32121 65617 77712 |
[Moment by moment I need Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
MUSKOGEE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 19 | 53456 71766 55432 |
[My God, my Father! while I stray] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 51112 33225 22234 |
[My heavenly home is bright and fair] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55351 72112 17665 |
[My sins are forgiven by God above] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Neath the stars of the night] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 16 | 55534 51117 65555 |
[Never lose sight of Jesus] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[No more toil in the homeland] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[O God, Eternal God! Thy name!] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 54533 54123 24342 |
CANTIQUE DE NOEL | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 3 | 33355 66461 55321 |
[O soul in the far away country] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55453 21616 51112 |
[Over the hill the sun is setting] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34536 54332 34346 |
[Come O come to the blessed Savior] (Verdi) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55545 65343 55545 |
BLESSED NAME (Hudson) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 3 | 55131 21165 55123 |
[O He's done so much for me] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | |
[O the bitter shame and sorrow] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 12356 53271 23553 |
[O to live the crucified life] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33532 12314 65332 |
[O what a blessed Christ is mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 12352 53121 23523 |
[O what a Savior, that He died for me] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[On a hill lone and gray] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[On the sea of life, 'mid the storm and strife] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 13565 12343 34556 |
[One door and only one] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 15511 55123 45646 |
[Out in the darkness of sorrow and sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Out of James one twenty two] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51332 31712 32161 |
[Out of the golden palaces] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Over the line] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 32313 23534 44143 |
[Praise ye the Father, let every heart give thanks to Him] (Gounod) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 55514 44321 54333 |
[Praise ye the Lord! Praise ye the Lord] (Sherwin) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | |
[¿Quién hizo el arco hermoso?] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53343 21532 53 |
[Rejoice, rejoice in Christ the Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 51525 12311 43217 |
[Revive Thy people, O Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
ROUTH | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 25 | 33332 15566 66123 |
[Saved from the uttermost depths of despair] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Send a great revival in my soul] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 7 | 11111 56172 22225 |
[Shall I be condemned forever] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 12332 34321 55555 |
[Smile when your heart is all troubled] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 53212 35217 12123 |
[Softly the night is falling] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 11176 65111 71233 |
[Soldiers of the cross, arise] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33531 71232 34232 |
[Some morning the clouds will pass away] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53343 52111 76165 |
[Standing by a purpose true] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 56531 35671 65671 |
[Study to show thyself approved of God] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 56717 63543 53117 |
[Take me, O Lord, I now can see] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 32351 76743 45432 |
["Take up thy cross," the Savior said] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Tarry ye here] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 11354 46155 65123 |
[Thanks be to God for life and light] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[That He is God, be still and know] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 32313 41335 42523 |
[The Lord bless thee and keep thee] (McKinney) | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51171 21551 11771 |
[The mercy of God is an ocean divine] (Carter) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 11345 55616 55666 |
[The redeemed are waiting for the sunrise] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 55111 51231 17671 |
[The Savior is calling you to His fold] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[The Spirit of Jesus bears witness with mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[The world is dying for love] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 34517 67652 34576 |
[The world magnifies wealth of silver and gold] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53213 21712 13545 |
[There is a city made by God] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 53213 44356 54324 |
[There is a happy, happy place] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53432 57211 76517 |
[There is joy divine, in this heart of mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 34565 11766 23445 |
[There is joy in my heart as I journey] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 32156 51326 21776 |
[There is power in the blood] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[There's a beautiful land on high] (Butcher) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 12323 57171 21243 |
[There's a cleft in the Rock, there's a hiding] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 34534 51234 32211 |
[There's a home of many mansions in the Father's house above] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 32123 45321 43465 |
[There's a road divine by the foot of the cross] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[There's a trumpet call from the throne of God] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 12333 21555 13224 |
[There's an old, old road by an old, old cross] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55123 55123 33444 |
[This is the question that you must face] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 56532 14123 34565 |
[Though the dark clouds roll] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34565 12343 22123 |
[Though the stormy clouds may hover over me] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 37215 61677 57122 |
[Though earthly friends may fail you] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53321 72544 32353 |
[Though waves of trouble round me roll] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Touch me, Lord Jesus] (Mckinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
TRAVIS AVENUE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 15 | 34565 11772 34567 |
TRUETT | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 27 | 32341 32154 56523 |
[Un nuevo bebé hay en este hogar] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55433 21311 55433 |
[Unfold, unfold, unfold] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 51133 51171 21757 |
[We thank Thee, Lord, that power is flowing] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 53451 72155 65467 |
[Welcome, welcome, welcome, hear us as we say] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53535 35543 24323 |
[Come, Thou fount of every blessing] (17654) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 17654 35476 54253 |
[When Jesus forgives He forgets] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When Moses and the Israelites] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When my bark is cast in a stormy blast] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When my soul was lost in the blight of sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51331 44331 32221 |
[When sin-stricken, burdened and weary] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[When the dark shadows come over you] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 56517 12667 77121 |
[O when the saints go marching in] | B. B. Mckinney (Arranger) | 2 | 13451 34513 45313 |
[When the way is dark and dreary] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 54651 23212 35143 |
[When you are weary and sore opprest] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 8 | 51117 67775 22232 |
[Whisper a prayer in the morning] (Traditional) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 35134 33225 7231 |
[Who at my door is standing] (Everett) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 33332 11651 35323 |
[Why should I give?] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 35653 13213 23423 |
[Wonderful words of the Master] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33332 11722 22343 |