Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Tune Title: [Come, friends, sing of the country so dear to me]First Line: Come, friends, sing of the country so dear to meComposer: Samuel W. BeazleyDate: 1915