Short Name: | J. W. Acuff |
Full Name: | Acuff, J. W. (James Warren), 1864-1937 |
Birth Year: | 1864 |
Death Year: | 1937 |
Born: January 4, 1864, Freestone County, Texas.
Died: August 1, 1937, Georgetown, Texas.
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Texas.
James was a well known singer and song writer among the Churches of Christ in Texas. He wrote several popular Gospel songs, often led the singing for protracted meetings, and helped compile hymnals for the Firm Foundation Company of Austin. His career as a singer and song writer spanned nearly 50 years.
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Tunes by J. W. Acuff (10)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Go, in early morning, into the harvest white] | J. W. Acuff (Composer) | 12 | 55513 11111 65111 |
[I am not ready, to choose tonight] | J. W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 55611 13211 11121 |
[I love to sing of that blest home above] | James W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 35566 55771 56667 |
[I'm walking in the sunlight of Jesus' boundless love] | Jas. W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 53335 61322 16522 |
[Jesus, my Savior, teach me the way] | James W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 53132 16155 67133 |
[My Savior bled on Calvary] | James W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | |
HAPPY DAY (Rimbault) | Acuff (Arranger) | 6 | 51235 12334 32132 |
[There's a battle raging, now] | Jas. W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 34551 71512 32171 |
[Walking with my Savior, the King of glory] | Jas. W. Acuff (Composer) | 3 | 54345 31166 55671 |
[We're here to preach, to sing and pray] | Jas. W. Acuff (Composer) | 2 | 55655 61113 33143 |