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The old, old story, it is ever new

Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: [The old, old story, it is ever new]

[The old, old story, it is ever new]

Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 51115 12345 56653 Used With Text: The old, old story, it is ever new

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The old, old story, it is ever new

Hymnal: Songs of Victory #c24 (1890) Languages: English Tune Title: [The old, old story, it is ever new]

The old, old story, it is ever new

Hymnal: CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #184 (1936) Languages: English Tune Title: [The old, old story, it is ever new]

The old, old story is ever, ever new

Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #C368 (1953) Languages: English

1862 - 1950 Author of "The old, old story, it is ever new (Chorus)" Mr. William Leslie was found dead at his home in Broomlands, Paisley, where he lived alone. He was a well-known lay preacher with the Methodist Church. Mr. Leslie, who was 88, wrote many sacred songs and hymns, including “The Old, Old Story” which was the only hymn he sold for money—to hep the funds os a mission he founded in West Campbell Street, Paisley. He was the proprietor of a drapery business in Paisley. --Obituary from The Glasgow Herald, July 20, 1950.