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Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1954
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[Life is like a mountain railroad] (Tillman)
[Life is like a mountain railroad] (Tillman)
Composer: Charlie D. TillmanPublished in 64 hymnals
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Composer: Charlie D. Tillman
Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910).
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African American Heritage Hymnal #472
Tune Title: LIFE'S RAILWAY First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charles D. Tillman, 1861-1943 Meter: 8 7 8 7 D with refrain Key: F Major Date: 2001
African American Heritage Hymnal #472
African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #366
Tune Title: LIFE'S RAILWAY First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charles D. Tillman, 1861-1943 Meter: 87.87.D. with Refrain Key: A♭ Major Date: 2011
African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #366
Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #108
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1917
Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #108
Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #135
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railway] First Line: Life is like a mountain railway Composer: Charlie D. Tillman; J. R. Baxter, Jr. Key: A♭ Major Date: 1951
Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #135
Calvary Songs #146
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1944
Calvary Songs #146
Choice Songs for Youth No. 1 #4
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1957
Choice Songs for Youth No. 1 #4
Clarion Call #61
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 2002
Clarion Call #61
Deseret Sunday School Songs #246
Tune Title: LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN First Line: Truth reflects upon our senses Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1909
Deseret Sunday School Songs #246
Edward MacHugh's Treasury of Gospel Hymns and Poems #23
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1938
Edward MacHugh's Treasury of Gospel Hymns and Poems #23
Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) #96
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1903
Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) #96
Favorite Solos #62
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1908
Favorite Solos #62
Favorites Number 5 #62
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1961
Favorites Number 5 #62
Gospel Hymns and Songs #108
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave Composer: Charles D. Tillman Date: 1918
Gospel Hymns and Songs #108
Himnos de la Iglesia #412
Tune Title: [Nuestra mente se refleja] First Line: Nuestra mente se refleja Composer: Charles Tillman Key: G Major Date: 1995
Himnos de la Iglesia #412
Himnos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días #178
Tune Title: [Nuestra mente se refleja en la luz] First Line: Nuestra mente se refleja en la luz Composer: Charles Davis Tillman, 1861-1943 Key: G Major or modal Date: 1992
Himnos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días #178
His Praise #30
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1916
His Praise #30
Hymns by the Western Stars #19
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] (Tillman) First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1949
Hymns by the Western Stars #19
Joyful Praise #52
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1920
Joyful Praise #52
Light in the Valley #100
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1898
Light in the Valley #100
New Century Carols #115
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1899
New Century Carols #115
New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #168
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1984
New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #168
New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #267
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1958
New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #267
New Songs of Pentecost #18
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that's brave Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1916
New Songs of Pentecost #18
On Wings of Song #54
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1896
On Wings of Song #54
Pentecostal Praises #206
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1898
Pentecostal Praises #206
Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs #102
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1898
Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs #102
Rescue Songs #138
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1893
Rescue Songs #138
Revival Message #105
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1947
Revival Message #105
Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #108
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that's brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that's brave Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1925
Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #108
Sermons in Song #157
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1894
Sermons in Song #157
Service Hymnal #427
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1925
Service Hymnal #427
Small Church Music #5625
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charles D. Tillman
Small Church Music #5625
Songs for Service #114
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1918
Songs for Service #114
Songs of Grace and Truth #32
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1899
Songs of Grace and Truth #32
Songs of Inspiration #168
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1949
Songs of Inspiration #168
Songs of Praise and Victory #28
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1900
Songs of Praise and Victory #28
Songs of the King #130
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1906
Songs of the King #130
Songs of Zion #68
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charles Davis Tillman, 1861-1943; J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-; Verolga Nix, 1933- Key: A♭ Major Date: 1981
Songs of Zion #68
Soul Stirring Songs #68
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1918
Soul Stirring Songs #68
Special Sacred Selections #600
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: C. D. Tillman; R. E. Winsett Key: A Major Date: 1977
Special Sacred Selections #600
Tabernacle Hymns #148
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1921
Tabernacle Hymns #148
The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #555
Tune Title: LIFE'S RAILWAY First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D Tillman Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with Refrain Key: A♭ Major Date: 1999
The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #555
The Baptist Standard Hymnal #427
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1924
The Baptist Standard Hymnal #427
The Cyber Hymnal #3561
Tune Title: EL PASO First Line: Life is like a soaring aircraft Composer: Charlie Davis Tillman Incipit: 33312 32111 12165 Key: A♭ Major
The Cyber Hymnal #3561
The Cyber Hymnal #4010
Tune Title: EL PASO First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that's brave Composer: Charlie Davis Tillman Incipit: 33312 32111 12165 Key: A♭ Major
The Cyber Hymnal #4010
The Cyber Hymnal #13278
Tune Title: EL PASO First Line: Out of every clime and people Composer: Charles Davis Tillman Meter: 87.87.87 D Key: A♭ Major Source: The Revival (Atlanta: Charle D. Tillman, 1890)
The Cyber Hymnal #13278
The Harp of Glory #18
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1911
The Harp of Glory #18
The Joy Bells of Canaan or Burning Bush Songs No. 2 #2
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave Composer: Charles D. Tillman Date: 1905
The Joy Bells of Canaan or Burning Bush Songs No. 2 #2
The New Century Hymnal #80
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1904
The New Century Hymnal #80
The New National Baptist Hymnal #440
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1977
The New National Baptist Hymnal #440
The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #474
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 2001
The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #474
The Revival No. 2 #200
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1896
The Revival No. 2 #200
The Revival No. 4 #283
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1903
The Revival No. 4 #283
The Revival No. 6 #152
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1910
The Revival No. 6 #152
The Revival #8
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1890
The Revival #8
The Revival #8
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1891
The Revival #8
Timeless Truths #434
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railway] First Line: Life is like a mountain railway Composer: Charles D. Tillman Meter: 8.7.8.7 D R Key: A♭ Major Source: Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (189); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Lifes_Railway_to_Heaven)
Timeless Truths #434
Universal Songs and Hymns #48
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1949
Universal Songs and Hymns #48
Victory Bells #26
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1900
Victory Bells #26
Victory Songs #52
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railway] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1920
Victory Songs #52
Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #26
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1958
Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #26
White Wings #90
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Date: 1896
White Wings #90
Yes, Lord! #387
Tune Title: [Life is like a mountain railroad] First Line: Life is like a mountain railroad Composer: Charlie D. Tillman Key: A♭ Major Date: 1982
Yes, Lord! #387
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