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I WOULD NOT HAVE MY WAY

I WOULD NOT HAVE MY WAY

Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers (1936)
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers

Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: I WOULD NOT HAVE MY WAY
Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers (1936)
Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
Incipit: 55465 32161 65512
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1936, by Gospel Trumpet Co., in His Praise Anew
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #393

Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #393

Himnario Cristiano #279

Himnario Cristiano #279
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His Praise Anew #63

His Praise Anew #63
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The Christian Hymnary #831

The Christian Hymnary #831
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