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Luther G. Presley
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Short Name: Luther G. Presley
Full Name: Presley, Luther G., 1887-1974
Birth Year: 1887
Death Year: 1974

Luther G. Presley (March 6, 1887 – December 6, 1974) was a songwriter, musician, and composer, who is best-known for writing the lyrics to the gospel song "When the Saints Go Marching In".

Luther G. Presley was born on Beckett Mountain in Faulkner County, Arkansas on March 6, 1887. He studied music beginning at the age of 14, where he excelled. He soon became choir director. He wrote his first song, "Gladly Sing," when he was 17. He furthered his study in singing and music, under renowned teachers.
Work

Luther Presley wrote the lyrics for the gospel spiritual "When the Saints Go Marching In", in 1937, while Virgil O. Stamps composed the music and melody to the famous work.

Luther Presley was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

--wikipedia.org


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Tunes by Luther G. Presley (173)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A beautiful life, a beautiful song will help to cheer somebody along]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[A loving friend today is standing outside]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord] (Presley)Luther G. Presley (Composer)251111 76563 51777
[Amid the changing scenes below] (Presley)Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Any time you go to Jesus]Luther G. Presley (Composer)211354 56555 43217
[As we travel down here there are many sad changes]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[As you sail upon life's restless ocean]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[As you travel along on the Jericho road]Luther G. Presley (Arranger)1032316 55454 54434
[As you travel down here in this valley below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Behold the beauty grand, no matter where you stand]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Blue heaven, blue heaven]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Brother if you want to live in glory yonder where the sun will not go down]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Dark clouds so often cast their shadows below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Dear Lord, I want to be faithful]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Dear Lord, you surely know I am just a stranger]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Do you wander in a land of danger?]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Each day I live I'll trust my Savior]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Everywhere I go in this world of sorrow I can often hear somebody say]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[For many a day I have traveled]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Glory to God I'm on my way to that eternal land of day]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[God's love is like the sunshine that shines from day to day]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Goodbye old world of sin and care]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Good Lord, good Lord]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Have you ever thought how lonely and dark would be the road]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I am thinking tonight of the lands far away]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I cling to the Savior wherever I go]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I don't know the secret of God's heaven]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I feel the Spirit moving]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I have heard the story of love divine]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I have read how the Savior has gone]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I look upon the rugged cross]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I sailed today down memory's bright way]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I saw him yonder one day, one day]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I seek for gladness here]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I think of that city on a far-away strand]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I want to love my Savior as on I go]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'd rather be a Christian undefiled and pure]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[If the love of Jesus abides in my soul]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[If you are lonely and burdened today]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[If you wish to happy be]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm a pilgrim on life's weary road]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm in the glory way, pressing along]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm just a pilgrim in this valley below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm just a stranger here seeking a home]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm just a weary stranger in this old world below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm only a pilgrim here below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm rejoicing in the Savior every moment of the day]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I'm so glad that Jesus found me]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[In God's storehouse there are blessings for each child of grace divine]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[In the Bible we read of a beautiful prayer]Luther G. Presley (Composer)7
[In this low ground of sorrow, and shadows drear]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[In this world there are many sad changes]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Is it true what they say about Jesus]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[It was the Savior's boundless love]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I've been numbered with God's children]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I've read about that eternal city]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I've read how Jesus went away to build a city of love]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I've started for the glory land]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[I've traveled here in a land of sorrow]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Jesus came along and spoke to me, told me of His precious love so free]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Jesus gave His life a ransom on the cross of Calvary]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Jesus left His home on high, came to earth to bleed and die]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Jesus Savior] (Presley)Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Jesus taught the people, taught them by the shore]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Jesus went away to build a beautiful home]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Just a little while and we'll be singing yonder with the ransomed choir above]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Keep a smile in your eyes and a song in your heart]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Last night I sailed down memory's river]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Laying up my treasures in that home above]Luther G. Presley (Composer)311116 55611 13333
[Let the bells ring, gladness to bring]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Like the flowers that bloom in spring]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Living in the sunshine of His matchless grace]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Lord we need the light of love from Thy blessed throne above]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Many are the doubters of God's word divine]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Many years I've traveled on this weary road]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Men strive for the wealth of this wide, wicked world]Luther G. Presley (Composer)1213553 21444 35576
[Merry Christmas, greetings and good cheer]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[My burdens are so heavy, and crosses hard to bear]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[My garments were all stained with the lucre of sin]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[No wonder that I am happy today]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[No wonder this world is growing dark with troubles on every hand]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[O Rock of Ages cleft for me]Luther G. Presley (Composer)456561 21665 65
[O what a day that day will be] (Presley)Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[On some morning when I stand in God's wonderful city]Luther G. Presley (Composer)333311 23556 55616
[On the resurrection morning when all the dead in Christ shall rise]Luther G. Presley (Composer)531212 16556 71122
[Our holy fathers dug some wells, like Abraham of old]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Out in the desert of sin a wandering long I had been]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Perfect joy is mine today]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Perfect joy is mine today since I found the living way]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Ring, O ring the bells]Luther G. Presley (Arranger)1
[Since I got acquainted with Heaven's Dove]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Since Jesus came along and set the sun to shining, lighting up the way to heaven's goal]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Since Jesus came and set me free I'm just as glad as I can be]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Since that blessed day Jesus came my way]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Since the Savior has turned your sadness to a beautiful life of gladness]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Since the Savior put this song of glory in my soul]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Since the Savior took control, put this glory in my soul]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Sitting by the fire at evening]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Some of these days when I reach heaven where the redeemed of God abide]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Some of these days when toil is ended and the redeemed go marching home]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Some people may often wonder why Christians shout and sing]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Some people reject the Savior and spurn His matchless love]Luther G. Presley (Composer)6
[Some sweet day when my work here is ended]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Some wonderful time, some beautiful day we're going up home forever to stay]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Sometimes I feel just like a stranger]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Sometimes I grow weary]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Somewhere beyond the dark shadows of time]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Storm clouds 'round us blow]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Tears of sorrow, tribulation]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[The angels asked why they stood gazing toward heaven]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[The cares of this life may leave us weeping]Luther G. Presley (Composer)411235 56535 56611
[The Lamb of God was crucified]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[The love of God is not a dream]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[The world today is forgetting the story]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is a beautiful city waiting yonder above]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is a city of love somewhere]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is a city up yonder we're told]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is a home in the land of tomorrow]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is coming a day of gladness for the faithful by and by]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is glory in the story of love divine]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is joy for all of God's children]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There is something that keeps me glad]Luther G. Presley (Composer)355656 11117 61555
[There's a home of wondrous beauty just beyond the shades of night]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There's a little short visit I make each day]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[There's a wonderful story that thrills my soul]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[There's something in my soul today]Luther G. Presley (Composer)4
[These are the days of tribulation in this weary troubled land]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[They built a house of beauty rare]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[They tell me of a home so fair]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[This life is filled with sorrow and troubles here below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)4
[This life is like the fleeting shadows of time]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[This war our sky has overcast, but peace will surely come at last]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[This world is filled with dangers, fashions so new]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Torn by conflict and commotion that now fills the hearts of men]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Tossed upon life's stormy ocean where the angry billows roll]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[We are happy today in a wonderful way]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[We are on a little journey to a wonderful place]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[We love our Savior who came down from God's sweet heaven]Luther G. Presley (Composer)235565 56132 17653
[We read of a place where the Savior has gone]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[We travel in a weary land]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Weary trudging]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[Well I'm so glad no wonder I sing]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[What a happy time on that glad morning, waiting when the sheaves are garnered in]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[What a happy time some glad tomorrow when we lay these heavy burdens down]Luther G. Presley (Composer)4
[What a wonderful time some bright tomorrow, yonder on the golden shore]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[What a wonderful time 'twill be]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[What have you done today for your dear Savior]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[What light is this shining so brightly for me]Luther G. Presley (Composer)4
[When burdens are heavy on the road that you must tread]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When Christ my Lord shall call for me to cross the deep and mystic sea]Luther G. Presley (Composer)3
[When God tunes me in on heaven's radio]Luther G. Presley (Composer)213345 56461 16556
[When I cross to the land of glory there to carol the grand old story]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When I was deep in sorrow, all burdened down with sin]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When I was in the valley of sorrow and despair]Luther G. Presley (Composer)431111 65611 11135
[When my latest sun shall set]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When tempests beat upon my soul]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When the storms are fiercely raging as they did on Galilee]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When the way is dark and the cross seems heavy]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When the world was condemned by its awful transgression]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When we shall reach that happy place]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When we think how Jesus left those mansions bright above]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When you are sad and feeling blue]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When you get to heaven some morning fair]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[When you steal away to Jesus]Luther G. Presley (Composer)413516 54115 45132
[Where can rest be found for the weary]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[While passing down time's weary road]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[While passing through this world of care]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[While sailing on life's ocean]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Will your Dreams come True?]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Wonderful the thought it is to know, through the dreary shadows here below]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[Yes, indeed, my Lord is able]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[You ask me why some days are sad]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
[You may talk about silver you may talk about gold]Luther G. Presley (Composer)2
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