Searching for Jewels

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I am here to search for jewels

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [I am here to search for jewels]
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Author: John R. Clements

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) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I am here to search for jewels
Title:	Searching for Jewels
Author:	John R. Clements
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I am here to search for jewels
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain