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[Rocking on the billows]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will M. Ramsey Incipit: 13156 11316 51315 Used With Text: Rocking On the Billows

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Rocking On the Billows

Author: W. M. R. Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: Rocking, rocking Used With Tune: [Rocking on the billows]

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Rocking On the Billows

Author: W. M. R. Hymnal: Radio Beams #40 (1944) Refrain First Line: Rocking, rocking Languages: English Tune Title: [Rocking on the billows]

Rocking On the Billows

Author: W. M. R. Hymnal: Favorite Songs #40 (1934) Refrain First Line: Rocking, rocking Languages: English Tune Title: [Rocking on the billows]

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Will M. Ramsey

1872 - 1939 Composer of "[Rocking on the billows]" in Radio Beams William Morgan Ramsey Born: Au­gust 24, 1872, Bel­ton, Tex­as. Died: March 12, 1939, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas. Buried: Rose­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas. Will was the son of Charles Crump Ram­sey and Mar­tha Ann Fran­ces Burns. He mar­ried twice, to Vir­gie Ce­lem­ma Stat­ton and Will­ie Man­na­sas Law­ing. Ramsey moved with his fa­mi­ly to north­west Ar­kan­sas as a child. He stu­died mu­sic in Nor­mal schools un­der Eph­ra­im Hil­de­brand, Ste­phen Os­lin, and Ben­ja­min Un­seld. He be­gan teach­ing shape notes and sing­ing while still a teen­ag­er, and be­came well known in sing­ing schools through­out the Am­er­i­can South. He went on to be­come pre­si­dent and own­er of the Cen­tral Mu­sic Com­pa­ny in Lit­tle Rock. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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