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The only life that pays

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: On a bed made of rags, in a garret
The only life that pays

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[On a bed made of rags, in a garret]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Used With Text: The Only Life that Pays
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The Only Life that Pays

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Songs of Calvary #66 (1916) First Line: On a bed made of rags, in a garret Refrain First Line: Could I live my life over, I'd never Languages: English Tune Title: [On a bed made of rags, in a garret]
The Only Life that Pays

The only life that pays

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Carols of Truth #d119 (1917) First Line: On a bed made of rags, in a garret Languages: English
The only life that pays

The only life that pays

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Banner of Love Songs #d119 (1936) First Line: On a bed made of rags, in a garret Languages: English
The only life that pays

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "The Only Life that Pays" in Songs of Calvary Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[On a bed made of rags, in a garret]" in Songs of Calvary Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch
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