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[Only a single penny]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. B. Bragdon Incipit: 32121 65351 13124

Only a Single Penny

Author: Emma Pitt Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: Only the little pennies Used With Tune: [Only a single penny]

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Only a Single Penny

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Buds and Blossoms for the Little Ones #62 (1889) Refrain First Line: Only the little pennies Languages: English Tune Title: [Only a single penny]

Only a Single Penny

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Hymnal for Primary Classes #131 (1896) Refrain First Line: Only the little pennies Languages: English Tune Title: [Only a single penny]

b. 1846 Author of "Only a Single Penny" in Hymnal for Primary Classes Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920. --www.hymntime.com

A. B. Bragdon

1872 - 1918 Composer of "[Only a single penny]" in Hymnal for Primary Classes Alonzo Burnham Bragdon was born on July 12, 1872 in Monroe, Michigan. He was known to the business world as Bragdon, Jr. He was editor of the Record-Commercial, a weekly paper published at Monroe, Michigan and was active in local journalism practically all his life. After completing the curriculum of the public schools of Monroe, he entered high school, in which he graduated as a member of the class of 1893. He began to sell newspapers when a lad of eleven years of age, and after leaving school he was engaged as a reporter until he had reached his legal age. He became city reporter on the Monroe Democrat and held that position for the ensuing five years. In April, 1900 he opened an office and handled various local papers. He died on September 5, 1918. --excerpts from History of Monroe County, Michigan