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My happy home

Author: Aldine S. Kieffer Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: I have a home above the starry skies Refrain First Line: O, my home, happy home

[I have a home above the starry skies]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 12333 34565 43332 Used With Text: My Happy Home

[I have a home above the starry skies]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Prior Incipit: 34565 32654 35517 Used With Text: Happy Home

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Author: Aldine S. Kieffer Hymnal: Sweet Harmonies #47 (1896) First Line: I have a home above the starry skies Refrain First Line: Oh, my home, happy home Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a home above the starry skies]

Happy Home

Author: A. S. Kieffer Hymnal: Songs for All #61 (1882) First Line: I have a home above the starry skies Refrain First Line: Oh, my home, happy home far away Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a home above the starry skies]

My Happy Home

Author: Aldine S. Kieffer Hymnal: Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #251 (1892) First Line: I have a home above the starry skies Refrain First Line: Oh, my home, happy home Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a home above the starry skies]

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Charles Edward Prior

1856 - 1927 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Prior Composer of "[I have a home above the starry skies]" in Songs for All Charles Edward Prior, 1856-1927 Prior played the piano at the Italian Baptist Mission in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 19th Century. Music-- Go Stand and Speak Work for Us All --hymntime.com/tch

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[I have a home above the starry skies]" in Sweet Harmonies Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).