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As The Life Of A Flower/The Life of A Flower
Public Domain Bluegrass Gospel; Words Laura E. Newell; Music G.H. Ramsey
ARTIST: 1) John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection
2) original peom/lyrics
LISTEN: http://dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/track/as-the-life-of-a-flower
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: (pre 1908);
RECORDING INFO: As The Life Of A Flower
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Holland. John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection "The Life of A Flower"
Chuck Wagon Gang. Goodbye Babylon "As The Life Of A Flower"
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OTHER NAMES: "The Life of A Flower"
SOURCES: Manhattan Republic, January 31, 1908
NOTES: "As The Life Of A Flower" is from a poem Laura E. Newell (1854-1916) that was set to music by G.H. Ramsey. It was published as a song circa 1930, maybe earlier. A version appears in the John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection and the song has been recorded by The Chuck Wagon Gang.
From the Manhattan Republic, January 31, 1908:
Mrs. Laura E. Newell of Tabor Valley is the author of a Kansas Day song published in Wednesday’s issue of the Topeka Capital. (Note: Laura Pixley Newell was born February 5, 1854 at New Marlborough, Massachusetts. Her mother died soon after her birth so she was reared by her Aunt, Mrs. Emeline Mabie Emerson, and moved with her family to where Wamego was later located in 1857. Laura attended school at Zeandale and Topeka and in 1871 married Mr. Lauren Newell. The Newells had four sons and two daughters. Mrs. Newell wrote thousands of poems, songs and cantatas. Many of her songs and poems were published in Youth’s Companion, Arthur’s Magazine and other publications. One article about Mrs. Newell asserted that in 1890 alone over 800 productions of her pen were published. She also served as the Tabor Valley correspondent to a number of Manhattan and Wamego newspapers for many years. Laura Pixley Newell died October 13, 1916.)
Peter 1:23 to 25 "For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
THE LIFE OF A FLOWER- Sung by: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Holland Recorded in Fox, AR, 7/18/53
Click here to listen to the original recording:
http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/hollandlife1238.html
As the life of a flower,
As a breath or a sigh,
So the years that we live
As a dream hasten by.
True, today we are here,
But tomorrow must leave--
Just a grave in the vale
And a memory of me.
Chorus: As the life of a flower,
As a breath or a sigh,
So the years glide away
And, alas, we must die.
As the life of a flower
Be our lives pure and sweet.
May we brighten the way
For the friends that we greet,
And present them to rise
From our hearts as we live,
Close to Him who doth teach us
To love and forgive.
(Chorus)
As we tarry below,
Let us trust and adore
Him who leads us each day
Toward that radiant shore,
Where the sun never sets,
And the flowers never fade,
Where no sorrow nor death
May its borders invade.
(Chorus)
As The Life Of A Flower- Newell
As the life of a flower,
As a breath or sigh,
So the years that we live
As a dream hasten by.
True, today we are here,
But tomorrow must leave,
Just a grave in the vale
And a memory of me.
Chorus: As the life of a flower,
As a breath or a sigh,
So the years glide away
And, alas, we must die.
As the life of a flower
Be our lives pure and sweet.
May we brighten the way
For the friends that we greet,
And sweet incense arise
From our hearts as we live,
Close to Him who doth teach us
To love and forgive.
As we tarry below,
let us trust and adore,
Him who leads us each day,
toward that radiant shore,
Where the sun never sets,
and the flowers never fade,
Where no sorrow nor death,
May its borders invade.
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