The Old Road

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There's an old, old road by an old, old cross

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Tune: [There's an old, old road by an old, old cross]
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Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney

Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's an old, old road by an old, old cross
Title:	The Old Road
Author:	Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The old road is the only road that leads home to God
Publication Date:	1928
Copyright:	Public Domain