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A. B. Sebren

A. B. Sebren
A. B. Sebren on the far right
with Cullie Green Wilson (middle)
and S. H. Sebren Sr. (brother)
Short Name: A. B. Sebren
Full Name: Sebren, A. B. (Arthur B.)
Birth Year: 1879
Death Year: 1963

Arthur B. Sebren, was born August 15, 1879 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the third of twelve children born to Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Roe Sebren. Arthur was a vocalist, teacher, and composer and was the brother of George Washington Sebren who himself was a well-known singer, composer and publisher.

Beginning in 1925, Arthur was the baritone in the Vaughan Happy Two along with tenor Cullie G. Wilson. The popular duo traveled throughout the United States and recorded under both the Vaughan and Victor labels.

Arthur wrote many songs but is best remembered for "I'll Be No Stranger There", written with J.H. Alcon and recorded by the Chuck Wagon Gang in 1941, and "Rockin' On The Waves", recorded by the Vaughan Quartet , the Speer Family, the Brown's Ferry Four, and still popular with quartet groups today.

Arthur died on May 9, 1963 in Houston, Texas. He is buried in the Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston with his wife, Effie Hurley Sebren.

Debbie Sebren Rice (great niece of A. B. Sebren)


Texts by A. B. Sebren (36)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
As you go about your daily taskA. B. Sebren (Author)2
Boundless as the ocean, is the loveA. B. Sebren (Author)2
Come and join the song of a lively throngA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Dis train don't carry no jokersA. B. S. (Arranger)English1
Friends of earth so true and faithfulA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Give smiles and courteous wordsA. B. S. (Author)English2
Hear the singing far awayA. B. Sebren (Author)English3
I am on the restless sea of lifeA. B. Sebren (Author)English14
I am walking in the way, With my Savior day by dayA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
I cannot see the reason whyA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
I know the Bible's right, hallelujah to the LambA. B. S. (Arranger)English1
If de members in the churchA. B. S. (Arranger)English1
I'm living on the fatness of the landA. B. Sebren (Author)2
I'm sweetly saved by the blood of the LambA. B. Sebren (Author)2
In the path of darkness, often I have wanderedA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Let us love each other as we march alongA. B. S. (Arranger)English1
My Savior bids me come And dwell with him aboveA. B. Sebren (Author)2
O wonderful mercy! so full and so freeA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
On the great gospel railroad lineA. B. S. (Author)English3
On the sea of life we're rowingA. B. S. (Author)English2
Sing a song all the way, walk with Christ every dayA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Something tells me Jesus the Savior wonderfulA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Soon away I'll go, where there's bliss, I knowA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
Soon I'm going to heavenA. B. Sebren (Author)English3
Soon in the great judgment morningA. B. Sebren (Author)3
Swing back the sable curtainA. B. Sebren (Author)3
The only hope is JesusA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
The question's asked both day and nightA. B. S. (Author)English3
We'll work together singing praiseA. B. S. (Author)English2
Wending up the slope to heaven aboveA. B. Sebren (Author)English2
When the clouds begin to lowerA. B. Sebren (Author)2
When we gaze at the dimples of childhoodA. B. Serbren (Arranger)English2
When you get religionA. B. S. (Author)English2
When you've started on the upward wayA. B. Sebren (Author)English5
While walking down life's rugged wayA. B. S. (Author)English3
Won't you come and join the army of the Lord?A. B. Sebren (Author)English2
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