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We Shall Meet All the Little Ones There

O where are the little ones, lovely and fair

Author: Will L. Thompson
Tune: [O where are the little ones, lovely and fair]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Will L. Thompson

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­view Cem­e­te­ry, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an ear­ly at­tempt to sell his songs to a com­mer­cial pub­lish­er, Thomp­son start­ed his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He lat­er ex­pand­ed, open­ing a store to sell pi­an­os, or­gans and sheet mu­sic. Both a lyr­i­cist and com­pos­er, he en­sured he would al­ways re­mem­ber words or mel­o­dies that came to him at odd times: "No mat­ter where I am, at home or ho­tel, at the store or tra­vel­ing, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem wor­thy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O where are the little ones, lovely and fair
Title: We Shall Meet All the Little Ones There
Author: Will L. Thompson
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We shall meet all the little ones there
Copyright: Public Domain

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Always Welcome #71

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Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined #20

The Evangelist's Songs of Praise #d100

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