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The School Bell

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I'm the school bell, ding, dong, ding

[I'm the school bell, ding, dong]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 37215 55321 23554 Used With Text: The School Bell

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Author: E. S. Tillotson Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #157 (1913) First Line: I'm the school bell, ding, dong Lyrics: 1 I’m the school-bell, ding, dong, ding! Listen to the song I sing, When you hear me call to you, Hurry in, your work to do, Heed the Message that I bring, Ding! Dong! Ding! 2 Come, my children, ding, dong, ding! Never loiter when I ring, Strong and true your lives will be If you will attend to me, If you’ll heed me when I ring, Ding! Dong! Ding! 3 Thus I call you, ding, dong, ding! To and from I gladly swing, Little friends, I love you all, That is why I often call, That is why for you I ring, Ding! Dong! Ding! Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm the school bell, ding, dong]

The School Bell

Author: E. S. Tillotson Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns #153 (1911) First Line: I’m the school-bell, ding, dong, ding Lyrics: 1 I’m the school-bell, ding, dong, ding! Listen to the song I sing, When you hear me call to you, Hurry in, your work to do, Heed the Message that I bring, Ding! Dong! Ding! 2 Come, my children, ding, dong, ding! Never loiter when I ring, Strong and true your lives will be If you will attend to me, If you’ll heed me when I ring, Ding! Dong! Ding! 3 Thus I call you, ding, dong, ding! To and from I gladly swing, Little friends, I love you all, That is why I often call, That is why for you I ring, Ding! Dong! Ding! Languages: English Tune Title: [I’m the school-bell, ding, dong, ding]

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Edith Sanford Tillotson

1876 - 1968 Author of "The School Bell" Edith Sanford Tillotson was born and lived her entire life in Corona, New York. She wrote hymns for children as well as poems and librettos. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[I’m the school-bell, ding, dong, ding]" in Great Revival Hymns Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)