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[My dearest friend has gone away]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: V. P. Cassaday Incipit: 53212 16556 13125 Used With Text: My Dearest Friend

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My Dearest Friend

Author: John O. Haynes Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: My dearest friend has gone away Refrain First Line: But sometime on the better shore Used With Tune: [My dearest friend has gone away]

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My Dearest Friend

Author: John O. Haynes Hymnal: New Victory #a22 (1918) First Line: My dearest friend has gone away Refrain First Line: But sometime on the better shore Languages: English Tune Title: [My dearest friend has gone away]
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My Dearest Friend

Author: John O. Haynes Hymnal: Victory #22 (1918) First Line: My dearest friend has gone away Refrain First Line: But sometime on the better shore Languages: English Tune Title: [My dearest friend has gone away]

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Virgil P. Cassaday

1893 - 1967 Person Name: V. P. Cassaday Composer of "[My dearest friend has gone away]" in Victory Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1893. Died: Cir­ca Feb­ru­a­ry 1967, prob­ab­ly in Louis­ville, Ken­tucky. Some hym­nals mis­spell Cas­sa­day’s name as "Cas­sa­dy." He was liv­ing in All­en Coun­ty, Ken­tucky, in 1900, and in War­ren Coun­ty in 1920 & 1930. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

John O. Haynes

Author of "My Dearest Friend" in Victory
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