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[Our lamps are trimmed and burning]

[Our lamps are trimmed and burning]

Composer: George F. Root
Published in 9 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Our lamps are trimmed and burning]
Composer: George F. Root
Incipit: 51124 45443 25112
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #432
Text: Behold the Bridegroom Cometh (Root)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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Gospel Hymns No. 2 #36

Gospel Hymns No. 2 #36
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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #81

Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #81
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Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #60

Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #60
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Minnetonka Songs #27

Minnetonka Songs #27
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Sacred Songs & Solos #100

Sacred Songs & Solos #100

Sacred Songs and Solos #100

Sacred Songs and Solos #100
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Small Church Music #7459

Small Church Music #7459
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The Cyber Hymnal #432

The Cyber Hymnal #432
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The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book #123

The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book #123
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