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I'll Be Ready

Author: W. W. Combs

William Walker Combs Born: June 1883, Lo­cust Grove, Georg­ia. Died: Date un­known; the 1940 cen­sus shows him in Dal­las, Tex­as. Combs’ par­ents were Will­iam Mc­Col­lough Combs & Ma­ry Eliz­a­beth Walk­er Combs. He marr­ied Flo­rence Bow­man in 1909. His works in­clude: The Voice in Sing­ing: Its Care and De­vel­op­ment, 1938 Modern Mu­sic Read­er (Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, 1939) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I love to pray, I love to sing, I love to praise my heavenly King
Title: I'll Be Ready
Author: W. W. Combs (1935)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: That I'll be ready, yes, I'll be ready
Publication Date: 1935
Copyright: © 1935, by Stamps-Baxter Music Co. in "Thankful Hearts"

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Songs for All #102

Thankful Hearts #98

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