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The Rusty Sickle

Author: Fred Woodrow Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Take down the rusty sickle Refrain First Line: 'Tis harvest time

[Take down the rusty sickle]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55456 53322 54355 Used With Text: The Rusty Sickle

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Author: Fred Woodrow Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.2 #12 (1889) First Line: Take down the rusty sickle Refrain First Line: ‘Tis harvest time Lyrics: 1 Take down the rusty sickle, The day is on the wane, And only left a little while To gather in the grain. Refrain: ‘Tis harvest time ‘Tis harvest time, Take down the rusty sickle and gather in the golden grain, ‘Tis harvest time, ‘Tis harvest time, Take down the rusty sickle and gather in the grain. 2 Take down the rusty sickle, The harvest waits for you, The fields are ripe for many, yet The laborers are few. [Refrain] 3 Take down the rusty sickle, The Lord will make you strong And crown you with a golden sheaf, To sing the harvest song. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Take down the rusty sickle]

The Rusty Sickle

Author: Fred Woodrow Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #230 (1890) First Line: Take down the rusty sickle Refrain First Line: 'Tis harvest time Languages: English Tune Title: [Take down the rusty sickle]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Take down the rusty sickle]" in Triumphant Songs No.2 Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman