The song of the brook

By meadows fair, through many a glade

Author: John R. Clements
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	By meadows fair, through many a glade
Title:	The song of the brook
Author:	John R. Clements
Refrain First Line:	And as I run I'd ever sing
Copyright:	Public Domain