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Prodigal Child, Come Home

Author: R. E. Hudson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Prodigal child come home come home Refrain First Line: Come home prodigal child come home

[Prodigal child, come home, come home]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. E. Hudson Incipit: 54515 32166 61665 Used With Text: Prodigal Child, Come Home

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Author: R. E. Hudson Hymnal: Songs of Peace, Love and Joy #22 (1885) First Line: Prodigal child, come home, come home Refrain First Line: Come home, Prodigal child, come home Languages: English Tune Title: [Prodigal child, come home, come home]

Prodigal Child, Come Home

Author: R. E. Hudson Hymnal: Quartette #273 (1889) First Line: Prodigal child, come home, come home Refrain First Line: Come home, Prodigal child, come home Languages: English Tune Title: [Prodigal child, come home, come home]

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R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Author of "Prodigal Child, Come Home" Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke