NEBRASKA

Composer: E. Heritage

Elphrey Heritage lived in Philadelphia, was associated with the publisher S. C. Collins of that city, and composed hymn tunes that appeared inter alia in The Hesperian Harp (1848), The Timbrel of Zion (1853), and The Social Harp (1855). He was the brother of Jason Heritage of New Jersey. (Source: Daniel W. Patterson's "Introduction" to the 1973 reprint of The Social Harp, xii-xiii) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: NEBRASKA
Composer: E. Heritage
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 55116 51216 65534
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Good That I Would I Do Not

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.

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Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

The Good Old Songs #253

The Social Harp #213

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