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Display Title: Sunshine, sunshine of his love First Line: There is sunshine in the valley, there is sunshine on the hill Author: Haldor Lillenas Date: 1911
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There is sunshine in the valley, there is sunshine on the hill (Lillenas)
Author: Haldor LillenasTune: [There is sunshine in the valley]
Published in 5 hymnals
Author: Haldor Lillenas
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >Instances
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The Gospel Message No. 1. Special ed. #d117
Display Title: Sunshine, sunshine of his love First Line: There is sunshine in the valley, there is sunshine on the hill Author: Haldor Lillenas Date: 1912
The Gospel Message No. 1. Special ed. #d117
Ideal Sunday School Hymns #64
Display Title: There is Sunshine First Line: There is sunshine in the valley Tune Title: [There is sunshine in the valley] Author: H. L. Date: 1913
Ideal Sunday School Hymns #64
The Gospel Message No. 1 #9
Display Title: There is Sunshine First Line: There is sunshine in the valley Tune Title: [There is sunshine in the valley] Author: H. L. Date: 1911
The Gospel Message No. 1 #9
The Voice of Praise No. 3 #60
Display Title: There is Sunshine First Line: There is sunshine in the valley Tune Title: [There is sunshine in the valley] Author: H. L. Date: 1912
The Voice of Praise No. 3 #60
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