| Short Name: | Eugene Field |
| Full Name: | Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 |
| Birth Year: | 1850 |
| Death Year: | 1895 |
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)
Texts by Eugene Field (9) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| As I was going to Bethlehem town | Eugene Field, 1850-1895 (Author) | English | 3 |
| Dearest, how it is to say | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 2 |
| From out Cologne there came three kings | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 3 |
| Last night, as my dear babe lay dead | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 2 |
| O hush thee little Dear-my-soul | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 2 |
| Sing, Christmas bells, this is the morn | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 2 |
| The angel host that sped last night | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 2 |
| There burns a star over Bethlehem town | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 4 |
| Why do bells at Christmas ring | Eugene Field (Author) | English | 9 |
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