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[I know three little sisters]

Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. W. Gilchrist Incipit: 51111 13652 41351 Used With Text: Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

Author: E. L. McCord Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: I know three little sisters Refrain First Line: Hurrah for these three little sisters! Used With Tune: [I know three little sisters]

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Hurrah for the Red, White, and Blue

Author: E. L. McCord Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #187 (1916) First Line: I know three little sisters Refrain First Line: Hurrah for these three little sisters! Lyrics: 1 I know three little sisters, I think you know them, too, for one is read, and one is white, And the other one is blue. Chorus: Hurrah for these three little sisters! Hurrah for the red, white and blue! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for the red, white and blue! 2 I know three little lessons These little sisters tell, the first is Love, then Purity, And Truth we love so well [Chorus] Topics: Children's Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [I know three little sisters]

Hurrah for the Red, White, and Blue

Author: E. L. McCord Hymnal: The New Make Christ King #134 (1914) First Line: I know three little sisters Refrain First Line: Hurrah for these three little sisters Languages: English Tune Title: [I know three little sisters]

Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

Author: E. L. McCord Hymnal: Select Hymns and Psalms #142 (1914) First Line: I know three little sisters Refrain First Line: Hurrah for these three little sisters Languages: English Tune Title: [I know three little sisters]

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William W. Gilchrist

1846 - 1916 Person Name: W. W. Gilchrist Composer of "[I know three little sisters]" in The New Praiseworthy Born: January 8, 1846, Jersey City, New Jersey. Died: December 20, 1916, Easton, Pennsylvania. Buried: Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Gilchrist’s family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when William was nine years old. He attended school there until the outbreak of the American civil war, when his father’s business failed and William had to seek other work. Having a good voice, he sang in choirs and choruses, first as a soprano, and later a smooth, flexible baritone. He began singing some of the principal parts in the Handel and Haydn Society, where his first real musical life began. At age 19, Gilchrist began studying organ and voice with Professor H. A. Clarke, gradually concentrating on theory. At age 25, he spent a year in Cincinnati, Ohio, as organist and teacher, returning to Philadelphia to take post of choir master at St. Clement’s Protestant Episcopal Church. He later became conductor of the Mendelssohn Club, Tuesday Club of Wilmington, and Philadelphia Symphony Society. Gilchrist was best known as a composer. His first success was in 1878, winning two prizes from the Abt Society of Philadelphia for best choruses for male voices. In 1881, he won three similar prizes from the Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York. In 1884, he took a $1,000 prize from the Cincinnati Festival Association; the judges included Saint-Saëns, Reinecke, and Theodore Thomas. This work was an elaborate setting of the Forty-Sixth Psalm, and was enthusiastically received. Gilchrist afterwards modified it and brought it out at the Philadelphia Festival in 1885. Gilchrist also served as editor of the 1895 Presbyterian hymnal, as musical editor of The Magnificat in 1910, and wrote symphonies, chamber and choral music. His works include: An Easter Idyll Psalm 46 (New York: 1882) One Hundred and Third Psalm Ninetieth Psalm Fifth Psalm Prayer and Praise De Profundis The Rose (New York: 1887) Ode to the Sun A Christmas Idyll (Boston, Massachusetts: 1898) The Lamb of God (New York: 1909) www.hymntime.com/tch/