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Somewhere

Somewhere the sky is bright, somewhere there is no night

Author: James Rowe (1918)
Tune: [Somewhere the sky is bright]
Published in 4 hymnals


Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Somewhere the sky is bright, somewhere there is no night
Title: Somewhere
Author: James Rowe (1918)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Somewhere a bright mansion I shall own
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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Christian Praise #83

Christian Praise #83

Everlasting Praises No. 2 #d118

Everlasting Praises No. 2 #d118
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Revival Praise #44

Revival Praise #44

The Hymnal, a Collection of Gospel Songs and Hymns #d241

The Hymnal, a Collection of Gospel Songs and Hymns #d241
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