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N-O is just a little word

Author: Helen H. Lemmel
Tune: [N-O is just a little word]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Helen H. Lemmel

Born: November 14, 1863, Wardle, England. Died: November 1, 1961, at her home in Seattle, Washington. Buried: Lemmel was cremated, but her final resting place is unknown to us. Daughter of a Methodist minister, Helen emigrated from England with her family to America when she was 12 years old. They first settled in Mississippi, then relocated to Wisconsin. She moved to Seattle in 1904, and for three years was music critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. While interviewing German singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Helen was persuaded to go to Europe. A gifted singer, she studied music in Germany for four years. Upon her return to America, she began giving concerts and traveling on the Chautauqua circuit. Eventually, she became a vocal… Go to person page >

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First Line:	N-O is just a little word
Title:	Little Words
Author:	Helen H. Lemmel
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Say no, no, to everything that's wrong
Publication Date:	1922
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.