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When The Saints Go Marching In

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Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney

Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I had a loving brother
Title: When The Saints Go Marching In
Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Language: English
Refrain First Line: When the saints go marching in
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 10 of 10)

Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 1 #d24

Coleman's Songs for Men #d40

Elvis Presley's Favorite Gospel Songs #45

Glad Tidings #d47

Pilot Hymns #90

Precious Hymns #d74

Reapers, Embracing the Choicest Gospel Songs and Standard Hymns, New & Old #d34

Service Songs #d78

Songs of Salvation #d27

World Revival Hymns #d38

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