O! Those Tombs

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I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard

Author: William M. Golden
Tune: [I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: William M. Golden

[William Golding] Born: January 28, 1878, Webster County, Mississippi. Died: May 13, 1934, in a traffic accident near Eupora, Mississippi. Buried: Spring Valley Cemetery #2, Mathiston, Mississippi. Son of James and Camella Hood Golding (his surname changed later), it is said he wrote most of his songs while serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary. His only child reportedly died young. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard
Title:	O! Those Tombs
Author:	William M. Golden
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O those tombs, lonely tombs
Publication Date:	1918
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.