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[Just a little sunshine song]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. S. Weeden Incipit: 34534 44234 53335 Used With Text: Just a Little Sunshine Song

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Just a Little Sunshine Song

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: You might better laugh than cry Used With Tune: [Just a little sunshine song]

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Just a Little Sunshine Song

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Choice Hymns No. 1 #11 (1902) Refrain First Line: You might better laugh than cry Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little sunshine song]
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Just a Little Sunshine Song

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: The Revival No. 4 #103 (1903) Refrain First Line: You might better laugh than cry Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little sunshine song]
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Just a Little Sunshine Song

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: His Praise #190 (1916) Refrain First Line: You might better laugh than cry Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little sunshine song]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "Just a Little Sunshine Song" in Choice Hymns No. 1 John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

W. S. Weeden

1847 - 1908 Composer of "[Just a little sunshine song]" in Choice Hymns No. 1 Winfield S. Weeden was born in 1847 in Middleport, OH. In his early life he was active in teaching singing schools throughout that area in Ohio. As singer and associate to Judson VandeVenter in his evangelistic campaigns, Weeden assisted in meetings at East Palestine and Sebring. He compiled several collections of hymns among them The Peacemaker, Songs of the Peacemaker, and Songs of Sovereign Grace. Weeden died in 1908. (see 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985) Mary Louise VanDyke