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Celestial Songs #58
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1921
Celestial Songs #58
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[I have laid my burden down]
[I have laid my burden down]
Composer: John R. SweneyPublished in 16 hymnals
Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI
Composer: John R. Sweney
John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregati… Go to person page >Instances
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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #263
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1887
Faith Hymns (New ed.) #263
Garnered Sheaves #152
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1888
Garnered Sheaves #152
Hymn-Songs #52
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1895
Hymn-Songs #52
Notes of Triumph #152
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1886
Notes of Triumph #152
Notes of Triumph #152
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1891
Notes of Triumph #152
Our Sabbath Home Praise Book #50
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1884
Our Sabbath Home Praise Book #50
Songs of Redeeming Love #39
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1882
Songs of Redeeming Love #39
Songs of the New Life #R39
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1883
Songs of the New Life #R39
Songs of Victory #12
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1889
Songs of Victory #12
The Cyber Hymnal #8155
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down] First Line: I have laid my burden down Composer: John Robson Sweney Key: E♭ Major
The Cyber Hymnal #8155
The Emory Hymnal #39
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1887
The Emory Hymnal #39
The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #76
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1894
The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #76
The Quartet #39
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1884
The Quartet #39
The Revival Wave #39
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1887
The Revival Wave #39
Tried and True #152
Tune Title: [I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow] First Line: I have laid my burden down where the crimson waters flow Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1892
Tried and True #152
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