A. M. E. C. Hymnal #291
Tune Title: [A sinner was wand'ring at eventide] First Line: A sinner was wand'ring at eventide Composer: Will L. Thompson Incipit: 53333 33553 34442 Key: F Major Date: 1954
A. M. E. C. Hymnal #291

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909)
Born: November 7, 1847, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Died: September 20, 1909, New York, New York.
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Rebuffed in an early attempt to sell his songs to a commercial publisher, Thompson started his own publishing company. He later expanded, opening a store to sell pianos, organs and sheet music. Both a lyricist and composer, he ensured he would always remember words or melodies that came to him at odd times:
"No matter where I am, at home or hotel, at the store or traveling, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem worthy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >| Title: | [A sinner was wandering at eventide] |
| Composer: | Will L. Thompson |
| Incipit: | 53333 33553 34442 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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