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[Keep on singing, sweetly singing]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 32116 16513 55653 Used With Text: Keep On Singing
[Keep on singing, sweetly singing]

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Keep On Singing

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Keep on singing, singing, brother Refrain First Line: Keep on singing however dark the day Lyrics: 1 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Sing in sorrow’s darkest night; Keep on singing till the morning Comes with floods of golden light. Refrain: Keep on singing however dark the day, Keep on singing, ‘twill drive the gloom away; Keep on singing, and sadness will not stay, Keep on singing, sing, work, pray. 2 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Let the echoes sweep along; For thy song may reach some other, Who shall need some cheering song. [Refrain] 3 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Whatsoe’er thy lot may be; Strive to banish care and sadness, With thy song’s sweet melody. [Refrain] 4 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Tho’ defeated, weary, sad; Thou shalt sing away thy sorrow, If thou make some weeper glad. [Refrain] Topics: Joy; Temperance; Thanksgiving and Harvest Home Scripture: Psalm 95:1 Used With Tune: [Keep on singing, singing, brother]
Keep On Singing

Bruder, singe fröhlich weiter!

Author: F. A. B.; E. C. Magaret Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Bruder, singe! singe weiter Refrain First Line: Singe weiter, im Dunkel dieser Zeit Used With Tune: [Bruder, singe! singe weiter]
Bruder, singe fröhlich weiter!

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Keep On Singing

Author: Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Sunshine No. 2 #98 (1904) First Line: Keep on singing, sweetly singing Refrain First Line: Keep on singing, however dark the day Lyrics: 1 Keep on singing, sweetly singing, Sing in sorrow’s darkest night; Keep on singing till the morning Comes with floods of golden light. Refrain: Keep on singing, however dark the day; Music ringing will bring a brighter ray; Keep on singing and sadness will not stay; Keep on singing, work and pray. 2 Keep on singing, sweetly singing, Let the echoes sweep along; For thy words may reach some other, Who shall need a cheering song. [Refrain] 3 Keep on singing, gladly singing, Whatsoe’er thy lot may be; Strive to banish care and sadness With thy song’s sweet melody. [Refrain] 4 Keep on singing, bravely singing, Tho’ defeated, weary, sad; Joy ‘twill bring to those who listen, It will make thine own heart glad. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 95:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep on singing, sweetly singing]
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Keep On Singing

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Gospel Herald in Song #13 (1899) First Line: Keep on singing, singing, brother Refrain First Line: Keep on singing however dark the day Lyrics: 1 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Sing in sorrow’s darkest night; Keep on singing till the morning Comes with floods of golden light. Refrain: Keep on singing however dark the day, Keep on singing, ‘twill drive the gloom away; Keep on singing, and sadness will not stay, Keep on singing, sing, work, pray. 2 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Let the echoes sweep along; For thy song may reach some other, Who shall need some cheering song. [Refrain] 3 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Whatsoe’er thy lot may be; Strive to banish care and sadness, With thy song’s sweet melody. [Refrain] 4 Keep on singing, singing, brother, Tho’ defeated, weary, sad; Thou shalt sing away thy sorrow, If thou make some weeper glad. [Refrain] Topics: Joy; Temperance; Thanksgiving and Harvest Home Scripture: Psalm 95:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep on singing, singing, brother]
Keep On Singing

Bruder, singe fröhlich weiter!

Author: F. A. B.; E. C. Magaret Hymnal: Die Kleine Palme No. 2 #20 (1900) First Line: Bruder, singe! singe weiter Refrain First Line: Singe weiter, im Dunkel dieser Zeit Languages: German Tune Title: [Bruder, singe! singe weiter]
Bruder, singe fröhlich weiter!

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Keep on singing, sweetly singing]" in Sunshine No. 2 John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch
J. H. Tenney

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Person Name: F. A. B. Author of "Bruder, singe fröhlich weiter!" in Die Kleine Palme No. 2 See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934
Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Frank A. Breck Author of "Keep On Singing" in Sunshine No. 2 Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.
Carrie Ellis Breck

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