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  2. Hurry Sundown (Peter, Paul and Mary song) - Wikipedia

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    Hurry Sundown" is a 1966 song written by Yip Harburg and Earl Robinson, and first recorded by the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. The song was commissioned by the director Otto Preminger, who wanted a theme song for his 1967 film Hurry Sundown. Preminger contacted Robinson, who began working on the song, then visited Harburg for help with ...

  3. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    Sunday-School Hymnal, American Lutheran Publication Board (March 9, 1901) [298] [299] Hymnal for Evangelical Lutheran missions (1905) [300] Hymnal and Prayer Book: compiled by the Lutheran Church Board for Army and Navy (1918) [301] Select Songs for School and Home (1922) [302] Lutheran Sunday School Hymnal (1925) [303] Primary and Junior ...

  4. Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In) - Wikipedia

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    When the Cowboy Church Sunday School version is played at normal speed, the vocals sound unnaturally high. When played at 33⅓ rpm instead of 45 rpm the vocals sound more natural. The song was recorded at that speed, by Stuart Hamblen's wife and adult daughter, so that when played at 45 rpm the song sounds as if it is being sung by children.

  5. Hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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    Songs of Zion; Deseret Sunday School Songs; In 1927, the church's Music Committee decided to combine the best of the first three of these hymnals into one volume. The result was called Latter-day Saint Hymns, though it was commonly called "the green hymnbook". It contained 419 hymns, of which 128 still survive in the church's 1985 hymnal.

  6. When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Wikipedia

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    When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder is an 1893 hymn with words and music by James Milton Black.It is one of the most popular Christian hymns of all time. The song was inspired by the idea of The Book of Life mentioned in the Bible, and by the absence of a child in Black's Sunday school class when the attendance was taken. [1]

  7. Come and Praise - Wikipedia

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    Come and Praise [1] is a hymnal published by the BBC and widely used in collective worship in British schools. The hymnal was compiled by Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor with musical arrangements by Douglas Coombes, and includes well-known hymns such as “Oil in My Lamp”, “Kum Ba Yah” and “Water of Life” as well as Christmas carols and Easter hymns.

  8. This Little Light of Mine - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the song is unclear, but the phrase "This little light of mine" appears published in poetry by 1925 by Edward G. Ivins, a writer in Montana. [4] [5] In 1931, the song is mentioned in a Los Angeles newspaper as "Deaconess Anderson's song". [6] [7] In 1932, the song was mentioned in a 1932 Missouri newspaper. [8]

  9. Ballad for Americans - Wikipedia

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    Earl Robinson and Paul Robeson at rehearsal for the song's performance. "Ballad for Americans" (1939), originally titled "The Ballad for Uncle Sam", is an American patriotic cantata with lyrics by John La Touche and music by Earl Robinson. It was written for the Federal Theatre Project production, Sing for Your Supper that opened on April 24 ...