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B. F. White › Tunes

Short Name: B. F. White
Full Name: White, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1879
Birth Year: 1800
Death Year: 1879

Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper.

Bert Polman


Tunes by B. F. White (66)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[All through the journey here we meet shadows]B. F. White (Composer)2
ELLESDIEB. F. W. (Composer)111113 22112 22243
ANTHEM ON THE SAVIORB. F. White (Composer)251133 34455 32211
BALERMA (Barthélemon)B. F. White (Ar4ranger)113216 56113 23532
BAPTISMAL ANTHEMB. F. White (Composer)455112 23156 54343
BEACH SPRINGB. F. White (Composer (attributed to))6711213 32161 16561
CHAMBERSB. F. White (Arranger)255434 53217 12232
DESIRE FOR PIETYB. F. White (Composer)416661 55653 56653
DONE WITH THE WORLDB. F. White (Composer)355612 16553 56516
EDEN (White)B. F. White (Composer)331355 43213 56716
FAMILY CIRCLEB. F. White (Composer)211552 23212 34554
WILLOUGHBYB. F. White (Arranger)351113 12223 44432
HAMILTON (White)B. F. White (Composer)451323 45543 21355
[Hear the battle cry that's ringing over all the earth]B. F. White (Composer)2
HEBREW CHILDRENB. F. White (Arranger)155457 55434 43455
HELP ME TO SINGB. F. White (Composer)215771 17134 55676
HOLY CITY (White)B. F. White (Composer)456755 43113 43171
[I have a home of wonderful beauty on the evergreen shore]B. F. White (Composer)2
[I have a Savior who is always with me walking]B. F. White (Composer)2
[I have the sweetest song that I sing the whole day long]B. F. White (Composer)256513 33323 21117
[I love my blessed Savior] (White)B. F. White (Composer)2
[In that land of joy eternal is a City free from care]B. F. White (Composer)2
[In the dear old Bible we read the blessed story]B. F. White (Composer)2
[I've a home of wonderful beauty over the river]B. F. White (Composer)2
[I've a new revelation, Jesus is my salvation]B. F. White (Composer)2
[Jesus came down from heavenly mansions, just to redeem a sinner like me]B. F. White (Composer)2
[Jesus is calling the lost ones home]B. F. White (Composer)2
JOYFUL (White)B. F. White (Arranger)251111 31112 27571
KING OF PEACEB. F. White (Composer)112175 71321 21757
KOHOUTEKB. F. White (Attributed)311134 55453 21113
LOOK OUTB. F. White (Composer)551121 35213 15671
MARY'S GRIEF AND JOYB. F. White (Arranger)212351 64615 56531
[My heart with joy is overflowing as to glory I am going]B. F. White (Composer)2
NEW BETHANYB. F. White, Jr. (Composer)211531 35115 55567
[Of the great love that saved my soul, ever I'm singing]B. F. White (Composer)2
[O my hopes grow fonder of a home up yonder]B. F. White (Composer)2
[O they tell me of a City over yonder]B. F. White (Composer)2
[On that glory hallelujah morning]B. F. White (Composer)2
ORTONVILLEB. F. White (Arranger)251122 32156 61655
[Our Lord is coming, coming on some morning fair]B. F. White (Composer)2
CAMPMEETINGB. F. White (Arranger)217222 13332 34653
[In the Christian's home in glory] (McDonald)B. F. White (Arranger)134556 55112 32165
SEND A BLESSINGB. F. White (Composer)351111 71222 21133
SHOUTING SONGB. F. White (Composer)455654 43234 55653
[Since Jesus my Lord found me and put His arms of love around me]B. F. White (Composer)2
SOFT MUSICB. F. White (Composer)533323 54222 43213
[Some glad day, some glorious morning, when all cares and troubles are over]B. F. White (Composer)2
STAR IN THE EASTB. F. White (Compiler, Sacred Harp)111215 57717 65131
[That will be a wonderful day, when our blessed Redeemer shall say]B. F. White (Composer)2
THE ENQUIRERB. F. White (Composer)215711 21245 65454
THE HAPPY SAILORB. F. White (Arranger)351111 13312 31156
THE HILL OF ZIONB. F. White (Composer)351316 53455 43234
THE INQUIRERB. F. White (Composer)6
THE LONE PILGRIMB. F. White (Composer)513553 55671 65321
THE MORNING TRUMPETB. F. White (Composer)1012323 43213 43454
THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN IB. F. White (Arranger)251111 51255 55111
[There's a beautiful home in a beautiful land]B. F. White (Composer)233553 56653 21113
[There's a city of delight in the heavenly land]B. F. White (Composer)2
[Today I sing the wonderful story on the great highway leading to glory]B. F. White (Composer)2
[Travel on for the Master and trust His grace divine]B. F. White (Composer)2
[Trust only in Him who alone can save and keep you]B. F. White (Composer)2
VALE OF SORROWB. F. White (Composer)313213 15676 57113
[What a day of great rejoicing, happy praises we'll be voicing]B. F. White (Composer)2
[When the trumpet of the great archangel in its mighty tones shall sound]B. F. White (Composer)2
[When we shall get yonder in glory with that heavenly band]B. F. White (Composer)2
ZION'S LIGHT (Southern Harmony)B. F. White (Composer)511513 56533 12165
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