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[Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 11171 23212 12132

They Didn't Think

Author: Phoebe Cary Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese Used With Tune: [Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese]

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Author: Phoebe Cary Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns #156 (1911) First Line: Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese Lyrics: 1 Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese; It tickled so a little mouse it almost made him sneeze. An old mouse said, “there’s danger; be careful where you go.” “Oh, nonsense,” said the mousey, “I don’t think you know.” So he walked in boldly—nobody was in sight; First he took a nibble, then he took a bite; Close the trap together snapped as quick as you could wink, Catching mousey fast there “because he didn’t think.” 2 Once there was a robin lived outside the kitchen door, Who wanted so to go inside and hop upon the floor; “Oh, no,” said robin’s mother, “I wish you’d stay with me; For little birds are safest sitting in a tree.” “I don’t care,” said robin, and gave his tail a fling; “I don’t think the old folks know quite everything.” Down he flew, the cat caught him before he’d time to blink; “Oh,” he cried, “I’m sorry, but then, I didn’t think.” 3 Now, my little children, you who sing this little song, Oh, don’t you see what trouble comes from simply doing wrong? And can’t you take a warning from mouse and robin’s fate? For they began their thinking when it was too late. Think not all is safety, although no danger shows; Thinking you know more than anybody knows; But when warned of ruin, always pause upon the brink; Don’t go over headlong “because you didn’t think.” Languages: English Tune Title: [Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese]

They Didn't Think

Author: Phoebe Cary Hymnal: Jewels for Juniors #110 (1911) First Line: Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese Languages: English Tune Title: [Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese]

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Phoebe Cary

1824 - 1871 Author of "They Didn’t Think" in Great Revival Hymns Phoebe Cary, (1824-1871) was born and raised in Mount Healthy in Hamilton County, Ohio. Her family came from Lyme, New Hampshire to Ohio when her grandfather was given land in return for his service in the Continental Army. She was the younger sister of Alice Cary (1820-1871). She and Alice submitted poetry to religious periodicals. Phoebe remained in Ohio and continued to write many hymns, including, "One sweetly solemn thought." Mary Louise VanDyke =========================================== Cary, Phoebe, sister of Alice Cary, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1824, and died within six months of the death of the same sister at Newport, July 31, 1871. Her works include Poems and Parodies, 1854; and Poems of Faith, Hope and Love, 1868. With Dr. Charles F. Deems she compiled Hymns for all Christians, 1869. Her hymns are:— 1. One sweetly solemn thought. Anticipation of Heaven. This piece was not intended for public use, nor is it a suitable metre for musical treatment, yet it has won universal acceptance and popularity. In some instances this has been attained by change of metre as in the Supplement to the Baptist Psalms & Hymns 1880, No. 1185. Johnson's Encyclopedia is in error in saying it was "written at the age of 17." The Congregational Quarterly for Oct., 1874, says, "it was written, she tells us, in the little back third story bedroom, one Sabbath morning in 1852, on her return from church." This statement shows that it was composed when she was 28, and not 17. The popularity of the hymn in Great Britain arose mainly through its use in the Evangelistic services of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. In the Protestant Episcopal Hymns for Church and Home, Phila., 1860, No. 383, it is given as "A sweetly solemn thought." The following additional pieces by this author are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868:— 2. Go and sow beside all waters. Seed Sowing. 3. Great waves of plenty rolling up. Gratitude. 4. I had drunk, with lips unsated. Living Waters. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Once a trap was baited with a dainty piece of cheese]" in Great Revival Hymns 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