The bird's song

On the topmost bough of a graceful tree

Author: John R. Clements
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	On the topmost bough of a graceful tree
Title:	The bird's song
Author:	John R. Clements
Refrain First Line:	I'm so free, just listen to me
Copyright:	Public Domain