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[O why should I be idle]

[O why should I be idle]

Composer: H. R. Jeffrey; Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Published in 9 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: H. R. Jeffrey

(no biographical information available about H. R. Jeffrey.) Go to person page >

Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O why should I be idle]
Composer: H. R. Jeffrey
Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.7.6
Incipit: 51112 31122 17151
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Golden Harvest

Oh, why should I be idle,
While there’s so much to do?
The wheat is ripe to harvest,
And the laborers are few.

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Ach, wär' ich doch dort oben

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