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[Long ago when but a boy at old Campmeeting time]

[Long ago when but a boy at old Campmeeting time]

Composer: Adger M. Pace (1934)
Published in 10 hymnals


Composer: Adger M. Pace

Born: August 13, 1882, Pelzer, South Carolina. Died: February 12, 1959, Lawrence County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Dunn Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Pseudonyms: Millard A. Glenn; Charles H. Huff; Audalene Mayfield; Fay Wallington. Born August 13, 1882 near Pelzer, South Carolina, Adger M. Pace soon gained a love and appreciation for music that characterized the remainder of his life. He sang bass for seventeen years as a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, singing over WOAN--one of the South's first radio stations. He was also active in singing conventions, serving as one of the organizers and the first president of the National Singing Convention in 1937. Pace's most significant cont… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Long ago when but a boy at old Campmeeting time]
Composer: Adger M. Pace (1934)
Incipit: 33321 11655 53566
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1934, in "Harmony Heaven." A. M. Pace, owner.

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)

Best Loved Songs and Hymns #46

Best of All #108

Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #66

Church Hymnal #252

Fortieth Anniversary Specials 1926-1966 #210

Good Songs #135

Harvest Tide #46

Living Songs No. 5 #79

New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 #150

Songs of Faith and Hope #132

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