Born: Oc­to­ber 29, 1905, near Spi­ro, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1977, Spring­field, Mis­so­uri.

Died: In a cem­e­te­ry over­look­ing Mike’s Creek, nort­heast of Pow­ell, Mis­so­uri.

Brumley at­tend­ed the Hart­ford Mu­sic­al In­sti­tute in Hart­ford, Ar­kan­sas, and sang with the Hart­ford Quar­tet. He went on to teach at sing­ing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Pow­ell, Mis­sou­ri. He re­cord­ed “I’ll Fly Away” (one of his most pop­u­lar songs) in 1931. He worked for 34 years a staff writ­er for the Hart­ford and Stamps/Bax­ter pub­lish­ing com­pan­ies, then found­ed the Al­bert E. Brum­ley & Sons Mu­sic Com­pa­ny and Coun­try Gen­tle­men Mu­sic, and bought the Hart­ford Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. He wrote over 800 Gos­pel and other songs dur­ing his life; the Count­ry Song Writ­ers Hall of Fame in­duct­ed him in 1970.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Are You Al­most De­cid­ed? (© 1967)
  2. Are You Half as Good a Christ­ian (© 1959)
  3. Beautiful Man­sions Are Wait­ing for Me (© 1967)
  4. Blessèd Je­sus Loves You Too (© 1943)
  5. Blood That Stained the Old Rug­ged Cross, The
  6. Brother, I’ll Not Be Far Be­hind (© 1959)
  7. Cabin in the Val­ley of the Pines (© 1940)
  8. Camping in Ca­naan’s Land (© 1937)
  9. Closest Kin (© 1960)
  10. Did You Ev­er Go Sail­ing (© 1938)
  11. Far Away Places (© 1963)
  12. Flowers in the Wild­wood (© 1951)
  13. Forbidden to Pass Thru the Beau­ti­ful Gate (© 1955)
  14. Go Right Out (© 1942)
  15. Good Time Is Com­ing, A (© 1941)
  16. Great Speck­led Bird, The
  17. I Am Just a Pil­grim (© 1936)
  18. If We Ne­ver Meet Again (© 1945)
  19. I’ll Fly Away (© 1932)
  20. I’ll Meet You in the Morn­ing (© 1936)
  21. I’ll Sail Away Home Some Sweet Day (© 1933)
  22. I’m Bound for the Land of Ca­naan (© 1960)
  23. Jesus, Hold My Hand (© 1938)
  24. Sermon in Song, A (© 1954)

Music

  1. Camping in Canaan’s Land (© 1937)