Die Geburtstagsbüchse

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Kleine Töne Musik, schallend durch das Jahr

Translator: F. W.; Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Tiny notes of music]
Published in 1 hymnal

Translator: F. W.

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Author: E. E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Kleine Töne Musik, schallend durch das Jahr
Title:	Die Geburtstagsbüchse
English Title:	The Birthday Box (Tiny notes of music)
Translator:	F. W.
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Klingklang, klingklang, klingklang, klingklang
Copyright:	Public Domain