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A Cheerful Song

Come, let us sing a cheerful song

Author: Frederick J. Gillman
Tune: KING'S LANGLEY
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Frederick J. Gillman

Born: February 25, 1866, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Died: February 18, 1949, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. Raised in the Congregationalist denomination, Gilman helped edit the 1909 & 1933 Fellowship Hymn-Book from the National Adult School Union and the Brotherhood Movement. His other works include: Songs and Singers of Christendom, 1911 The Story of Our Hymns, 1921 The Evolution of the English Hymn (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927) --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

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First Line: Come, let us sing a cheerful song
Title: A Cheerful Song
Author: Frederick J. Gillman
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #117

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #117

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