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[Why do bells at Christmas ring?]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. Irving Hartshorn Incipit: 55133 13255 24423 Used With Text: What Do Bells at Christmas Ring
[Why do bells at Christmas ring?]

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What Do Bells at Christmas Ring

Author: Eugene Field Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Why do bells at Christmas ring? Used With Tune: [Why do bells at Christmas ring?]
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God Is Watching

Author: M. W. Snodgrass Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, be careful, ever careful Refrain First Line: He is watching, ever watching Used With Tune: [Oh, be careful, ever careful]
God Is Watching

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God Is Watching

Author: M. W. Snodgrass Hymnal: Welcome Songs #31 (1894) First Line: Oh, be careful, ever careful Refrain First Line: He is watching, ever watching Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, be careful, ever careful]
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What Do Bells at Christmas Ring

Author: Eugene Field Hymnal: Primary Songs No. 3 #87 (1908) First Line: Why do bells at Christmas ring? Languages: English Tune Title: [Why do bells at Christmas ring?]
What Do Bells at Christmas Ring

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W. Irving Hartshorn

Composer of "[Why do bells at Christmas ring?]" in Primary Songs No. 3
W. Irving Hartshorn

Eugene Field

1850 - 1895 Author of "What Do Bells at Christmas Ring" in Primary Songs No. 3 Field, Eugene, an American journalist who has written somewhat extensively for children, was born at St. Louis, Missouri, Sep. 2, 1850, educated at the University of Missouri, and died Nov. 4, 1895. His published works include Little Book of Western Verse, 1889; Second Book of Verse, 1891; and Love Songs of Childhood, 1894. A limited number of his hymns are in common use in America, and specimens of his verse are given in Horder's Treasury of American Sacred Song, 1900, pp. 283-287. See also "There burns a star o'er Bethlehem town." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Eugene Field

Margarette W. Snodgrass

Person Name: M. W. Snodgrass Author of "God Is Watching" in Welcome Songs
Margarette W. Snodgrass
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