Tune: FIGHT ON

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FIGHT ON

Composer: J. P. Reese
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: J. P. Reese

John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	FIGHT ON
Composer:	J. P. Reese
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Incipit:	11345 71755 34515
Key:	e minor or modal
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

I lift my heart to God, My trust is in His name

Fight on, my soul, till death

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Organ Solo

Let All that Hath Breath: An Organ Album for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Anglican Musicians
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (2016) pp. 30
The Organist's Companion Volume 10 Number 6 October 1988 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; G. Winston Cassler
Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1988) pp. 14
Four Preludes on Early American Tunes: Pipe Organ and Hammond Registration
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Abingdon Press (1961) pp. 11
Eight Preludes on Old Southern Hymns: From "The Sacred Harp"
Composer/Editor Gardner Read
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1952) pp. 18