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Joy Bells #57
Display Title: We Are Going Home First Line: We are going home to that land so fair Tune Title: [We are going home to that land so fair] Author: W. A. O. Date: 1878
Joy Bells #57
We Are Going Home
We are going home to that land so fair
Author: William A. OgdenTune: [We are going home to that land so fair]
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Author: William A. Ogden
William A. Ogden, 1841-1897
Born: October 10, 1841, Franklin County, Ohio.
Died: October 14, 1897, Toledo, Ohio.
When Ogden was six years old, his family moved to Indiana. He began studying music in local singing schools at age 8, and could read church music fairly well by age 10. A little later, he could write a melody by hearing it sung or played. When he was 18, he became a chorister in his home church.
At the outbreak of the American civil war, Ogden enlisted in the 30th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. During the war he organized a male choir, which became well known throughout the Army of the Cumberland.
After the war, Ogden r… Go to person page >Page Scans
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New Joy Bells #d147
Display Title: Going home, we're going home to the promised New Jerusalem First Line: We are going home to that land so fair Date: 1880
New Joy Bells #d147
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