Mothers Don't Weep

Author: Lester Williams

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Author: B. B. Edmiaston

Benard Bates Edmiaston Born: Ju­ly 16, 1881, Ben­netts, Bax­ter Coun­ty, Ar­kan­sas. Died: De­cem­ber 2, 1964, Bronte, Tex­as. Buried: Fair­view Ce­me­te­ry, Bronte, Tex­as. Bernard was the son of Da­vid W. Ed­mi­as­ton and Geor­gia Ann Flu­ty, and hus­band of El­la Al­len. He stu­died mu­sic un­der Ru­fus Tur­ner, Frank­lin Ei­land, W. H. Law­son, Ber­ry Mc­Gee, Em­mett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Her­bert, and ma­ny oth­ers, and taught sing­ing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and pub­lished songs through the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, Wa­co, Tex­as, and was di­rec­tor of the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal School of Mu­sic in W­aco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

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First Line: O dear mothers, don't weep for your boys so far away
Title: Mothers Don't Weep
Author: B. B. Edmiaston (1945)
Author: Lester Williams
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O dear mothers don't weep, keep on trusting and pray
Copyright: © 1945, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Ptg. Co. in "Living Grace"

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Living Grace #36

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