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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The big round sun peeped in my room Refrain First Line: Like the sunbeams we would shine Lyrics: 1 The big round sun peeped in my room In such a cheery way, He tried to shine his very best, And said, “Wake up, ‘tis day!” Chorus: Like the sunbeams we would shine, Ev’ry day, ev’ry day; Like the sunbeams we would shine— Brightly, all the way. 2 Tho’ only little girls and boys, Each one can be a light, And help to make the dear old earth More beautiful and bright. [Chorus] 3 The big round sun peeped in my room From skies of blue above, And when I look up in its face, It tells me “God is love.” [Chorus] Used With Tune: [The big round sun peeped in my room]

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[The big round sun peeped in my room]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: We Would Shine

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We Would Shine

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #181 (1913) First Line: The big round sun peeped in my room Refrain First Line: Like the sunbeams we would shine Lyrics: 1 The big round sun peeped in my room In such a cheery way, He tried to shine his very best, And said, “Wake up, ‘tis day!” Chorus: Like the sunbeams we would shine, Ev’ry day, ev’ry day; Like the sunbeams we would shine— Brightly, all the way. 2 Tho’ only little girls and boys, Each one can be a light, And help to make the dear old earth More beautiful and bright. [Chorus] 3 The big round sun peeped in my room From skies of blue above, And when I look up in its face, It tells me “God is love.” [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [The big round sun peeped in my room]

We would shine

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Selected Sunday School Songs #d182 (1923) First Line: The big round sun peeped in my room Refrain First Line: Like the sunbeams we would shine Languages: English

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "We Would Shine" Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[The big round sun peeped in my room]" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman