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It Will Not Be Long

O the time will come and it won't be long, when I leave this world for the land of song

Author: William M. Golden
Tune: [O the time will come and it won't be long] (Golden)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: William M. Golden

[William Golding] Born: January 28, 1878, Webster County, Mississippi. Died: May 13, 1934, in a traffic accident near Eupora, Mississippi. Buried: Spring Valley Cemetery #2, Mathiston, Mississippi. Son of James and Camella Hood Golding (his surname changed later), it is said he wrote most of his songs while serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary. His only child reportedly died young. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)  Go to person page >

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First Line: O the time will come and it won't be long, when I leave this world for the land of song
Title: It Will Not Be Long
Author: William M. Golden
Language: English
Refrain First Line: In a lone graveyard I will soon be laid
Publication Date: 1913
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs for Jesus No. 5 #148

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