Waiting By the River

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I am waiting by the river, And I long to journey over

Author: Horatio G. Abbey
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Horatio G. Abbey

Born: April 12, 1818, Shokan, New York. Died: September 27, 1879, Manhattan, New York. Buried: Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, New York. Horatio was the son of David and Nancy Farnham Abbey, and brother to Alonzo J. Abbey. In 1845, Union College in Albany, New York, awarded him an honorary Bachelor of Arts degree. He married twice, to Nancy Maria Young (1840) and Cordelia Burt (1863). www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/b/b/abbey_hg.htm Go to person page >

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First Line:	I am waiting by the river, And I long to journey over
Title:	Waiting By the River
Author:	Horatio G. Abbey
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Let me go and leave this sighing
Publication Date:	1879
Copyright:	Public Domain