[Jesus will walk with me down through the valley]

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[Jesus will walk with me down through the valley]

Composer: Haldor Lillenas
Published in 19 hymnals

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Composer: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[Jesus will walk with me down through the valley]
Composer:	Haldor Lillenas
Incipit:	33332 35556 54444
Key:	D♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Jesus Will Walk With Me

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

Gospel Hymnscriptions: Arrangements for All Organs
Composer/Editor Eleanor W. Whitsett
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1972) pp. 22
Sacred Transcriptions for the Organ: Favorite Gospel Song and Hymn Melodies
Composer/Editor George S. Schuler
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1950) pp. 25

Piano Solo

My Faith Looks Up: Hymns That Lift the Spirit
Composer/Editor Jolene Boyd
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2012) pp. 20
Piano Hymn Classics Book 2: Variations on Sacred Favorites For the Advanced Pianist
Composer/Editor Rene Frank
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1967) pp. 7
The Crusade Pianist Book 3
Composer/Editor Tedd Smith
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1967) pp. 16
George Beverly Shea's Album of Sacred Songs: For Voice and Piano with Guitar Chords and Ukulele Diagrams
Composer/Editor George Beverly Shea
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1955) pp. 4