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[O I often sit and wonder] (Cooper)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. G. Cooper Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34517 65355 42654

Will They Miss Me When I'm Gone?

Author: Rev. W. G. C. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, I often sit and wonder Refrain First Line: When this weary life is over Topics: Affliction; Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions; Solos Used With Tune: [Will They Miss Me When I'm Gone]

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Will They Miss Me when I'm Gone?

Author: Rev. W. G. C. Hymnal: Honey Out of the Rock #44 (1892) First Line: Oh, I often sit and wonder Refrain First Line: When this weary life is over Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, I often sit and wonder]

Will They Miss Me When I'm Gone?

Author: Rev. W. G. C. Hymnal: The Search Light #149 (1894) First Line: Oh, I often sit and wonder Refrain First Line: When this weary life is over Topics: Affliction; Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions; Solos Languages: English Tune Title: [Will They Miss Me When I'm Gone]

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George Cooper

1840 - 1927 Person Name: Rev. W. G. C. Author of "Will They Miss Me When I'm Gone?" in The Search Light George Cooper, poet, was born in the city of New York, May 14, 1840 son of John and Hepzibah Cooper, He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and afterwards studied law under the late Chester A. Arthur. After practicing for a short time, he renounced his profession to devote himself to the vocation to which his natural gifts inclined him. In his early years, he had developed a taste for writing, and before his sixteenth year had begun to contribute acceptable verses to several leading magazines. Encouraged by the success that met his early productions, he wrote constantly, and became a regular contributor to such periodicals as “The Independent,” “Harpers’ Young People,” and “Harper’s Magazine,” “Atlantic Monthly,” “Putman’s Monthly,” “Our Young Folks,” and “Appleton’s Journal.” Writing constantly for more than a decade, Mr. Cooper has frequently enriched the periodical literature of America by verses of much felicity, and has attracted a wide circle, among his poems are always welcomed with pleasure. His happiest verse has been written for children, and in it lies his chief claim to remembrance. A number of his children’s poems have been published in the collection known as “School and Home Melodies;” and he also issued a volume of hymns consisting exclusively of his own writing and entitled, “The Chaplet.” Among his best-known songs are: “Beautiful Isle of the Sea,” “Must We Then Meet as Strangers,” “Sweet Genevieve,” “While the days Are Going By,” and “God Bless the Little Church Around the Corner.” He has written song words for such composers as Wallace, Abt, Thomas, Millard, and Foster. Of His Other poems, “After,” and “Hereafter” are general favorites; the “Ballad of the Storming of Stony Point” was awarded a prize, and “Learning to Walk” was honored by a commendation from the late William Cullen Bryant. Mr. Cooper was married, in 1877, to Mary E., Daughter of William Tyson, and has since resided at Jersey Heights, where he still employs his leisure in writing. --http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/only-one-mother-–-a-poem

W. G. Cooper

1861 - 1938 Person Name: Rev. W. G. C. Author of "Will They Miss Me when I'm Gone?" in Honey Out of the Rock Rv William Gustin Cooper USA 1861-1938. Born in Evansville, WI, he married Mabel Luella Cooper. He became a Baptist minister having pastorates in Hortonville Village, WI, 1897 – 1901, and later in Ira, VT, in 1922. He also conducted camp meetings. He wrote a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He died in Canton, ME. Note: In a campmeeting service in 1889, when the service was over, a lyricist, Warren Cornell, sat writing a poem. As he left the site, he dropped the paper he was writing and didn't notice it. An hour or or so later, Rev. Cooper came in to tidy up the tent area for the next service, saw the paper, picked it up and read it, and was so inspired by the words, that he finished writing the text and went to the organ and composed the tune for the hymn, “Wonderful peace”. John Perry