Church Music

We Will Keep a Bright Lookout

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for “We Will Keep a Bright Lookout,” but the copyright claim on page 3 of the earliest edition of the sheet music gives the year 1863. George Cooper authored the lyrics.

We’ll All Meet Our Saviour

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“We’ll All Meet Our Saviour” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright deposit on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863).

We’ll Still Keep Marching On

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“We’ll Still Keep Marching On” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright deposit on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863). The lyrics are by Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder.

We’ll Tune Our Hearts

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“We’ll Tune Our Hearts” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters. It appears at the bottom of the second page of “The Pure, the Bright, the Beautiful,” whose tune it shares.

What Does Every Good Child Say

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1867

“What Does Every Good Child Say” appeared in Heavenly Echos: A New Collection of Hymns & Tunes for Sunday Schools and Social Meetings, published by C. M. Tremaine. While there is no record of a copyright entry for Heavenly Echos, a copyright claim for 1867 appears on page 2 of the earliest edition.

What Shall the Harvest Be?

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“What Shall the Harvest Be?” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters. The author of the text is Emily Sullivan Oakey, though she is not credited in the Athenaeum Collection.

When I Behold My Savior’s Face

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1944

For solo voice and piano.

When I Get Home

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1947

For SATB choir and piano.

When You’ve Done Your Best

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1953

For solo voice and piano. The originally sheet music indicated that the piece was “respectfully dedicated to Dr. Cornell Everette Talley, D. D. Pastor of Central Baptist Church Wylie Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania President of Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention.”

While We Work for the Lord

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“While We Work for the Lord” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters. The words to “For a While the Heart Grows Warm,” which were printed before “While We Work for the Lord,” were intended to be sung to the same tune.

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