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I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road

There are people who would rather live in splendor

Author: Albert E. Brumley
Tune: [There are people who would rather live in splendor]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Albert E. Brumley

Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There are people who would rather live in splendor
Title: I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road
Author: Albert E. Brumley
Language: English
Copyright: Copyright, 1939, by Stamps-Baxter Music and Ptg. Co.

Instances

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Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #38

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