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Sunshine is Coming

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day Refrain First Line: Sunshine is coming, there's joy for us all Used With Tune: [The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]
Sunshine is Coming

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[The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ben H. Parrish Incipit: 55671 51332 16712 Used With Text: Sunshine is Coming
[The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]

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Sunshine is Coming

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: New Victory #a8 (1918) First Line: The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day Refrain First Line: Sunshine is coming, there's joy for us all Languages: English Tune Title: [The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]
Sunshine is Coming
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Sunshine is Coming

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Victory #8 (1918) First Line: The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day Refrain First Line: Sunshine is coming, there's joy for us all Languages: English Tune Title: [The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]
Sunshine is Coming

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Ben H. Parrish

Composer of "[The skies will grow lighter though dreary the day]" in Victory
Ben H. Parrish

Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Sunshine is Coming" in Victory 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)
Lizzie De Armond
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