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Never forget the dear ones

Never forget the dear ones

Tune: [Never forget the dear ones]
Published in 12 hymnals

Text Information

First Line: Never forget the dear ones
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Never forget the dear ones. [Home.] The tune by Dr. G. F. Boot with the title from the first line of this hymn has led many to assume that he was the author of the words also. So far as we can gather this is not so. It is, however, in his Young Men's Singing Book, N.Y., 1855, and thence in the Tonic Solfa Reporter, March, 1856, p. 117. In the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, it is given as Anon., circa 1850. We know of no authority for this date. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

Boundless Love #d26

Heart and Voice #d160

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Heart and Voice #281

Sweet Songs #d28

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The Carol #70

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #282

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #282

The Silver Chime #d47

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The Silver Chime #86

The Sunny Side #d85

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The Y. M. Christian Association Hymn-Book, with Tunes. #37b

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Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book #100

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