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[We're a band of boys]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Grant Colfax Tullar Used With Text: A Band of Boys

A Band of Boys

Author: George Orlia Webster Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: We're a band of boys Refrain First Line: We are marching on to manhood Used With Tune: [We're a band of boys]

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Author: George Orlia Webster Hymnal: The Kingdom of Praise #39 (1920) First Line: We're a band of boys Refrain First Line: We are marching on to manhood Lyrics: 1 We’re a band of boys, You would know by the noise, There’s a day that will come ere long,— If you look ahead, You can hear our tread, As we march against the wrong. Refrain: We are marching on to manhood, And a man’s place we will fill; When the Lord says, “Go,” We will not say “No,” But with one voice say, “I will.” 2 We’re a band of boys, And we can’t help the noise, ‘Tis the way of boys, you know; If we can’t keep still, With a boy’s strong will, We can strike old sin a blow. [Refrain] 3 We’re a band of boys, Hope you don’t mind the noise, ‘Tis a fact that it’s just begun, For we mean to fight In the cause of right, Till the victory is won. [Refrain] 4 We’re a band of boys, If you can’t stand the noise, It is sad that you all are here, For there will be more, When the fight is o’er, And we raise the victor’s cheer. [Refrain] Tune Title: [We're a band of boys]

A Band of Boys

Author: George Orlia Webster Hymnal: Glad Songs #55 (1922) First Line: We're a band of boys Refrain First Line: We are marching on to manhood Languages: English Tune Title: [We're a band of boys]

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Composer of "[We're a band of boys]" in The Kingdom of Praise Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.