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Wake up

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The raindrops decided a frolic Refrain First Line: All the flowers were sleeping

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[The raindrops decided a frolic]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: Wake Up!

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Wake Up!

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services #180 (1922) First Line: The raindrops decided a frolic Refrain First Line: All the flow'rs were sleeping 'neath the snow Lyrics: 1 The raindrops decided a frolic, To wake up the flow’rs of the spring; So down they came straight as an arrow, Like tiny wee birds on the wing. Refrain: All the flow’rs were sleeping ‘neath the snow, And they did not know it was time to grow, Till the raindrops whispered “Tap, tap, tap! Wake up! wake up from your winter’s nap. 2 They tapped at the trees and the bushes, They bade them awaken to bloom; They said “’Tis the coming of springtime, And gone is the cold winters gloom.” [Refrain] 3 “The earth is awaiting your coming, To welcome you, flow’rs of the spring; And you must awaken in beauty, As soon as the nature bells ring.” [Refrain] 4 “Wake up, now!” the rain gently whispered, “The robin is building her nest; Rise buttercup, vio’let and lily, You ought to be up with the rest.” [Refrain] Tune Title: [The raindrops decided a frolic]

Wake up

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Hymnal: Song Sunbeams #d63 (1923) First Line: The raindrops decided a frolic Refrain First Line: All the flowers were sleeping Languages: English

Wake up

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Hymnal: Rainbow Songs #d106 (1916) First Line: The raindrops decided a frolic Refrain First Line: All the flowers were sleeping Languages: English

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[The raindrops decided a frolic]" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday­-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

Eleanor Allen Schroll

1878 - 1966 Author of "Wake Up!" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services Born: 1878, New­port, Ken­tucky. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 8, 1966, Day­to­na Beach, Flor­i­da. Buried: South­gate, Ken­tucky. Lyrics-- Beautiful Gar­den of Pray­er, The He Lives --www.hymntime.com/bio
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