William B. Blake › Tunes

Short Name: William B. Blake
Full Name: Blake, William B., 1852-1938
Birth Year: 1852
Death Year: 1938

William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a newly-established paper in the new lumber town, buying out the interest of Richard Burke, who had been a prominent figure in West Virginia journalism for a number of years. Burke had been the publisher of a vigorous newspaper at Union, Monroe county. About the year 1891, Mr. Blake bought out the interest of Mr. Hess and became the sole proprietor of the enterprise, changing the name of the paper to the Valley Messenger and News. This publication continued until April 21, 1901. Several years prior to this, in December, 1897, The West Virginia News had been established with Mr. Blake as publisher, and from one newspaper plant two newspapers were issued until April 21, 1901, when the latter publication, which covered a more extensive field, absorbed the Valley Messenger. This consolidation brought to the newer paper the good will of the older and the growth of the West Virginia News has been steady and continuous to this day. At the present time and for a number of years the News has enjoyed a larger circulation than any other weekly newspaper published in the State.

History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole, Lewisburg, WV, 1917 (accessed 12/25/2023 from http://www.leighlarson.com/william_burdine_blake.htm)


Tunes by William B. Blake (69)sort ascendingAsInstancesIncipit
[White as snow, O what a promise] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234532 16176 51213
[Wherever you may be]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255332 17611 65556
[When the Bridegroom shall come, when the Lord enters in]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234517 67655 43345
[When life's day is over]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255615 17217 15556
[When Jesus comes there will be no more sorrow]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255132 12165 14323
[When I awake in that sweet morn of morns]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)551653 45165 77127
[We're coming with jubilant voices]Wm. B. Blake (Arranger)351111 11151 33333
[We're a band of little children] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)251334 33213 23432
[We will sing in sweet, melodious song]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234556 54342 25432
[We the lambs of Jesus are]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)235556 55577 51135
[We bring no glittering treasures] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)251132 71354 35132
[We are children bound for the land of love]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)355171 55611 21765
['Tis sweet to sit with the Master]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)253321 65113 55365
[Thou, who didst, with love and blessing]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234556 53561 76536
[They are entering in at the gates of pearl]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)212333 33352 24325
[There were ten virgins when the bridegroom came]W. B. B. (Arranger)251321 65111 13353
[There is a land of pure delight] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255112 33312 13217
[There is a fountain filled with blood] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234511 72667 65654
[The blood that flowed from Calvary] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)355333 21651 35533
[Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is King] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)232111 11512 33334
[Stand for temperance, firmly stand]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)232151 23443 13223
[Soldier of Christ, why thus cast down?]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234565 45132 11112
[Shall we meet in climes above]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255555 65476 54436
[Sailing into the port at last]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)256535 13321 65325
[Room at the cross for a trembling soul]W. B. Blake (Composer)2956532 12165 56573
[Ring out the Christmas bells]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)256551 17527 11722
[Christian brethren, ere we part] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)333321 23422 34535
[Out of darkness into light] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)433156 15712 71235
[Onward, we're traveling here below]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)253217 12665 67123
[O do not let the word depart] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)253453 56153 65435
[Over the gloomy hills of darkness] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255555 51555 67123
[O the night of time soon shall pass away] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234565 34565 16536
[O take me, Savior, as I am]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)253333 46143 11713
[O sinner, come to Jesus] (Blake)W. B. B. (Composer)255132 13212 44322
[O my Savior will soon call me home]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)355111 11115 52222
[O love surpassing knowledge]W. B. Blake (Arranger)255111 11222 32355
[O land of rest, for thee I sigh] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)233155 61156 13212
[Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)313151 65433 21322
[Now begin the heavenly theme] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255112 12344 32123
[My life flows on in endless song] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)212334 45123 34425
[Marching on, with cross and banner over us] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)331512 22342 35432
[Lord, I know Thy grace is nigh me] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)355666 65122 27132
[Lonely in the desert, fainting by the way]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)235556 55112 32222
[Let us treasure up the sunbeams]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)312335 43343 54321
[Let me never leave Thee, blessed Savior]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)351316 66616 51311
ST. RAPHAEL (34231)Wm. B. Blake (Arranger)234231 51545 44212
[Jesus is calling, "Come to me and live"] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)332161 51123 32161
LONG TIME AGO (11712)Wm. B. Blake (Arranger)211712 16153 21243
[Is your anchor holding, brother, holding?]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)251333 21231 55432
[Is my name on the page of the Lamb's book of life]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)412334 33455 65432
[In the home of Christ, our Savior]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255132 12666 55123
[I'm sitting at the feet of Jesus]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)353332 15657 12132
[I'll sing, I'll sing to my Savior's praise] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)455111 76661 65132
[I would be ready, Lord] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)311123 44223 31643
[I lay my sins on Jesus] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255555 61131 32155
[I have a hope of heaven]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)255321 65123 43255
[I come to Thee, O blessed Lord]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)213321 33211 21651
[I am weary, gracious Savior]W. B. Blake (Composer)355651 23162 17165
[I am resting in the shadow of Jesus' wing]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234532 11766 55556
[Here's a motto, boys, for you]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)235556 55122 33555
[Here a little while we linger]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)234556 71132 17165
[Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)256531 32433 56535
[Hail the day that sees Him rise] (Blake)Wm. B. Blake (Composer)311223 34465 43112
[Folded hands in quiet resting]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)254311 56543 23543
[Crown Him, ye children, in bright, happy song]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)233332 13544 36543
[Come to the fountain flowing deep and wide]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)233333 32123 44443
[Be joyful in Zion, for Jesus is King!]B. Blake (Composer)253211 77676 55666
WEAR A CROWN (Blake)Will­iam B. Blake, Sr. (Arranger)1451133 54334 32215
[A grand old song, so sweet and strong]Wm. B. Blake (Composer)232132 43215 61766

Data Sources

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us