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Fount of Blessing #156
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Date: 1880
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[They say there's a land over the ocean] (Thompson)
[They say there's a land over the ocean] (Thompson)
Composer: Will L. ThompsonPublished in 7 hymnals
Composer: Will L. Thompson
Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909)
Born: November 7, 1847, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Died: September 20, 1909, New York, New York.
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Rebuffed in an early attempt to sell his songs to a commercial publisher, Thompson started his own publishing company. He later expanded, opening a store to sell pianos, organs and sheet music. Both a lyricist and composer, he ensured he would always remember words or melodies that came to him at odd times:
"No matter where I am, at home or hotel, at the store or traveling, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem worthy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >Instances
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New Life No. 2 #135
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: W. L. Thompson Date: 1886
New Life No. 2 #135
Pure Songs for Sunday-Schools #32
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Date: 1889
Pure Songs for Sunday-Schools #32
Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined #74
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Incipit: 13345 43456 67155 Date: 1882
Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined #74
The Christian Church Hymnal #410
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Date: 1906
The Christian Church Hymnal #410
The Gospel in Song #37
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Date: 1885
The Gospel in Song #37
The New Century Hymnal #171
Tune Title: [They say there's a land o'er the ocean] First Line: They say there's a land o'er the ocean Composer: Will L. Thompson Date: 1904
The New Century Hymnal #171
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