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Cheerily, cheerily we heed the call

Author: B. R. Hanby Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Up the steeps the morn is bounding

[Up the steeps the morn is bounding]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. R. H. Used With Text: The Farmer's Song

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The Farmer's Song

Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #116 (1866) First Line: Up the steeps the morn is bounding Languages: English Tune Title: [Up the steeps the morn is bounding]

Cheerily, cheerily we heed the call

Author: B. R. Hanby Hymnal: The Snow-Bird #d34 (1865) First Line: Up the steeps the morn is bounding

1833 - 1867 Person Name: B. R. Hanby Author of "Cheerily, cheerily we heed the call" in The Snow-Bird Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke