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Join the Happy Chorus

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Join the happy chorus of the birds and flowers Refrain First Line: Sing aloud hosanna!

[Join the happy chorus of the birds and flow'rs]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Stanley Greenwood Incipit: 56712 15671 75444 Used With Text: Join the Happy Chorus

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Crown Him King #19 (1914) First Line: Join the happy chorus of the birds and flow'rs Refrain First Line: Sing aloud hosanna! Languages: English Tune Title: [Join the happy chorus of the birds and flow'rs]

Sing a loud hosanna

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hosannas to the King #d70 (1913) First Line: Join the happy chorus of the birds Languages: English

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Join the Happy Chorus" Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)