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[We are a happy band, gladly we sing]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Howard E. Smith Incipit: 51235 17656 47124 Used With Text: The Sunshine Band
[We are a happy band, gladly we sing]

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The Sunshine Band

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: We are a happy band, gladly we sing Refrain First Line: We are the Sunshine Band, happy and strong Used With Tune: [We are a happy band, gladly we sing]
The Sunshine Band

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The Sunshine Band

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Hymnal: New Victory #a10 (1918) First Line: We are a happy band, gladly we sing Refrain First Line: We are the Sunshine Band, happy and strong Languages: English Tune Title: [We are a happy band, gladly we sing]
The Sunshine Band
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The Sunshine Band

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Hymnal: Victory #10 (1918) First Line: We are a happy band, gladly we sing Refrain First Line: We are the Sunshine Band, happy and strong Languages: English Tune Title: [We are a happy band, gladly we sing]
The Sunshine Band

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Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Composer of "[We are a happy band, gladly we sing]" in Victory
Howard E. Smith

B. B. Edmiaston

1881 - 1955 Author of "The Sunshine Band" in Victory Benard Bates Edmiaston Born: Ju­ly 16, 1881, Ben­netts, Bax­ter Coun­ty, Ar­kan­sas. Died: De­cem­ber 2, 1964, Bronte, Tex­as. Buried: Fair­view Ce­me­te­ry, Bronte, Tex­as. Bernard was the son of Da­vid W. Ed­mi­as­ton and Geor­gia Ann Flu­ty, and hus­band of El­la Al­len. He stu­died mu­sic un­der Ru­fus Tur­ner, Frank­lin Ei­land, W. H. Law­son, Ber­ry Mc­Gee, Em­mett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Her­bert, and ma­ny oth­ers, and taught sing­ing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and pub­lished songs through the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, Wa­co, Tex­as, and was di­rec­tor of the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal School of Mu­sic in W­aco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
B. B. Edmiaston
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