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[The bells of Heav'n are ringing]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Henry Fillmore Sr. Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51712 32123 23454 Used With Text: As We Go Marching Home

As We Go Marching Home

Author: Lawrence W. Scott Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: The bells of Heav'n are ringing Used With Tune: [The bells of Heav'n are ringing]

Vom Erdenthal zum Himmelssaal

Author: Carl Röhl Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Aus dunklen Erdenthale Used With Tune: [Aus dunklen Erdenthale]

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Author: Lawrence W. Scott Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #271 First Line: The bells of Heav'n are ringing Lyrics: 1. The bells of Heav’n are ringing, The bells of Heav’n are ringing, As we go marching home, As we go marching home. The bells of Heav’n are ringing, The choirs of Heav’n are singing, The pearly gates are swinging, As we go marching home. 2. The light of Heav’n is shining, The light of Heav’n is shining, As we go marching home, As we go marching home. The light of Heav’n is shining, The shade of night’s declining, The clouds have silver lining, As we go marching home. 3. The harps of Heav’n are playing, The harps of Heav’n are playing, As we go marching home, As we go marching home. The harps of Heav’n are playing, The heirs of Heav’n are praying, To God their homage paying, As we go marching home. Languages: English Tune Title: [The bells of Heav'n are ringing]

As We Go Marching Home

Author: Lawrence W. Scott Hymnal: The New Song #10 (1891) First Line: The bells of Heav'n are ringing Languages: English Tune Title: [The bells of Heav'n are ringing]

As We Go Marching Home

Author: Lawrence W. Scott Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #51 (1890) First Line: The bells of Heav'n are ringing Languages: English Tune Title: [The bells of Heav'n are ringing]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Person Name: James Henry Fillmore Sr. Composer of "[The bells of Heav'n are ringing]" in The Cyber Hymnal James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry