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In The Sweet Bye And Bye
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Written By Joseph P. Webster in 1868 Performed By Tom Tripp.. even the cricket in my studio joined in on this one
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Country Music, Gospels, StoryTeller, psalmist , Spoken Word
I want to say thank you to John Goode at radio Yass FM100.3 in Australia and Radio Southland 96.4 FM, Invercargill, New Zealand , presented by Noel Parry, and ?COUNTRY ROADS? RADIO SHOW AT FM 98.5 THE PULSE OF THE VALLEYS SHEPPARTON VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA and other radio station around the world for giving my songs/stories air play .................................................................... Welcome to my "Sound Click" web pages. I am a Storyteller and a psalmist , a talker of music. and a writter. Please visit my Home Page at www.countrylovin.us or go to my link page here on SC and click on the link there. All my web pages are family safe,so please feel free to email my links to your family and friends. Here is a little about myself: TOM TRIPP's love for country music can be traced back to his growing up on a small Kansas dirt farm. Tom was the youngest of seven children. His father was a storyteller (as his father was, and his father before him). Tom's father and mother both worked hard to keep their family fed. At the end of a long day, his father would sit next to the old coal-burning stove and tell stories about growing up in the coalfields of southeast Kansas, and of his many adventures in life. Tom learned the art of storytelling at an early age in life, and it can be heard in the stories and songs he writes today. Tom has traveled across every state in the USA but two... Alaska and Hawaii. When asked why he hasn't visited those states yet, Tom just smiles and says: "I always leave the best for last, and my life is far from over." Tom has looked down upon this old earth from the top of the Rocky Mountains. He has watched the sun rise and set over two oceans. He has traveled through the hot desert and walked upon the frozen ponds of the northland, but he has always returned to Kansas... the place where he hangs his hat. Tom Tripp is the proud parent of 4 grown children , Jason , Chris , Nicole and Gina and a Grandfather of 4.
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Country • Cover Songs
Peak in subgenre #14
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Written By Joseph P. Webster in 1868
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October 11, 2008
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MP3 9.6 MB • 320 kbps • 4:12
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(About The Author) Joseph P. Webster Just 19 years after the original town of Elkhorn was officially formed, Joseph Philbrick Webster arrived in the settlement of Elkhorn in 1857. With him came his wife Joanna and their four children, Joseph, Mary, Louis, and Beethoven. They had traveled from their home in Madison, Indiana to Elkhorn. Webster was born in 1819 in Manchester, NH and later traveled to Boston, Mass., in 1840 already pursuing a music career. He then traveled to New York and Madison, Indiana. While in Indiana he accompanied the famous Jenny Lind at the piano. Webster then traveled to Racine. It has been said while living in Racine Webster developed "Lake Michigan Throat". The condition, also known as bronchitis, forced Webster to move away from the lake and on to Elkhorn. It was this same condition which forced him to abandon his singing career and turn instead to writing music. The year the Websters moved to Elkhorn, 1857, Elkhorn boosted 220 dwellings with 1,500 residents. The onset of the Civil War several years later slowed the population boom enjoyed by the fair residents of Elkhorn but offered even more material from which Webster could draw from as he composed hundreds of war time songs during this period. Within one year of settling in the bustling community Webster would compose the first of over 1,000 songs. Two of those songs would bring great fame to Webster and the town he now called home. "Lorena" was considered second in popularity, following only Stephen Foster "Swanee River." It is said "Lorena" was a favorite sung by Confederate and Union soldiers alike, during the Civil War. Almost 100 years later the song would be featured in the 1939 Civil War epic, "Gone with the Wind." A complete 49 second playing of the song is part of the movies’ musical score. During the Civil War (1861-1865) Webster taught and composed a variety of war songs. He also served as a drill sergeant for the Elkhorn "Wide Awakes" soldiers who composed the home guard. As the Civil War came slowly to an end, Webster returned to writing ballads. He also became proprietor of what was considered a "respectable saloon" which attracted young literary men of the town. One of these "literary men" was Samuel Fillimore Bennett, who operated an Elkhorn drugstore while he studied medicine. According to museum records, one winter day in 1867, "Bennett looked up from the counter and saw Webster, violin and bow tucked under his arm, stride into the store. Recognizing that his friend was in a dark mood. Bennett asked what troubled him. Webster looked at Bennett, shrugged and said, "It is not important. It will be all right "in the sweet by and by." Dr. Bennett wrote in later years in papers displayed a the museum, "It came to me like a flash that this might be an idea for a song and told him.. the words came like a revelation. It was not I who wrote but something within me." It is said Webster "began humming, drumming his fingers on the desk, composing music in his mind while he looked over Bennett’s shoulder." Webster is said to have taken the paper with the words written on it and without a word, lifted his bow to his violin. "A lovely melody wove its way across the small store, into the hearts of the three men standing by," Dr. Bennett wrote. These men were the first to hear "In the Sweet By and By," which is still sung by people all over the world. The famous hymn has been published in sheet music, Sunday School books and in the hymnals of many denominations. It has also been translated into other languages. Webster's home is now the home of Walworth County Historical Society. Throughout the years the Society has reclaimed many of Webster’s possessions which had been scattered after his death. The museum boasts thousands of Civil War era antiques and unique items. Among the items now displayed in the museum are family portraits, tea set, his elaborate rosewood piano, his violin and
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There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar; For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore. We shall sing on that beautiful shore The melodious songs of the blessed; And our spirits shall sorrow no more, Not a sigh for the blessing of rest. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore. To our bountiful Father above, We will offer our tribute of praise For the glorious gift of His love And the blessings that hallow our days. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
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