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O we are happy now, dear mother

O we are happy now, dear mother

Author: I. B. Woodbury
Published in 7 hymnals

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Author: I. B. Woodbury

Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health br… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O we are happy now, dear mother
Author: I. B. Woodbury
Refrain First Line: No, no, no, for though we love you dearly
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d139

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book No. 1-5 #d127

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book Nos. 1 and 2 with additions #d38

Page Scan

The Sabbath School Bell #20

The Westminster Collection of Sabbath School Hymns and Tunes #d79

Page Scan

Young Singer's Friend #a99

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