1872–1939
Will Ramsey, Pop Ramsey

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 24, 1872, Bel­ton, Tex­as.

Died: March 12, 1939, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas.

Buried: Rose­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas.

Biography

Will was the son of Charles Crump Ram­sey and Mar­tha Ann Fran­ces Burns. He mar­ried twice, to Vir­gie Ce­lem­ma Stat­ton and Will­ie Man­na­sas Law­ing.

Ramsey moved with his fa­mi­ly to north­west Ar­kan­sas as a child. He stu­died mu­sic in Nor­mal schools un­der Eph­ra­im Hil­de­brand, Ste­phen Os­lin, and Ben­ja­min Un­seld.

He be­gan teach­ing shape notes and sing­ing while still a teen­ag­er, and be­came well known in sing­ing schools through­out the Am­er­ican South. He went on to be­come pre­si­dent and own­er of the Cen­tral Mu­sic Com­pa­ny in Lit­tle Rock.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. After While
  2. All the Way to Cal­va­ry
  3. Among the Tombs
  4. Be Loy­al, Be Loy­al
  5. Bend Low Thine Ear
  6. Border Line, The
  7. Come to Christ
  8. Coming in the Clouds
  9. Deep Set­tled Peace, A
  10. Eternity!
  11. Far Away in Realms of Bliss
  12. Feed My Sheep
  13. From the Dark, Lone­ly Grave
  14. Glory Enough for Me
  15. God Gave His Own Be­got­ten Son
  16. God Has Been Good to Me
  17. God’s Mea­sure­less Love
  18. Gospel Bells, The
  19. Gospel Tide Is Roll­ing High, The
  20. He Comes in the Midst of the Storm
  21. He Is Ev­ery­thing to Me
  22. He Whis­pers Sweet Peace to Me
  23. Heaven Means More to Me
  24. Heir of God, An
  25. Homeward Bound
  26. I Am on My Way to the Land of Light
  27. I Have a Song I Am Sing­ing
  28. I Seem to Hear Sweet Voic­es Call­ing
  29. I Will Meet You
  30. I’m Go­ing to Tra­vel the Zi­on Road
  31. I’m On­ly on a So­journ here
  32. Jesus Walk­ing on the Wa­ter
  33. Jesus Wants to Save You Now
  34. Judgment Day, The
  35. Just Now, Just Now, Spi­rit of God
  36. Land of Per­fect Day, The
  37. Lights Along the Shore
  38. Look In­side the Glo­ry Gate, A
  39. Lord, Give Us the Old Time Pow­er
  40. Marching Along
  41. Merrily, Cheer­i­ly, Sing
  42. Nobody Knows the Trou­ble I see
  43. O Bless­ed Re­deem­er
  44. O Lord, Show My Feet Which Way to Go
  45. O Praise the Lord, I’m Glo­ry Bound
  46. Old Time Pow­er, The
  47. On the Re­sur­rect­ion Morn­ing
  48. On the Way Home to Glo­ry
  49. Overshadowed by Love
  50. Praises to Our King
  51. Ring Out Glo­ry Bells
  52. Rocking on the Bil­lows
  53. Sinner, Come to Christ To­day
  54. Sing On, God’s Child­ren
  55. Smile Your Trou­bles Away
  56. Some Day the Sil­ver Cord Must Se­ver
  57. Some Glad Day
  58. Stream of Life, The
  59. Sunset on Earth, Sun­rise on Glo­ry
  60. Tell Me When the Sav­ior Comes
  61. That Hea­ven­ly Home
  62. There Is No Oth­er Way
  63. There’s a Mes­sage of Love
  64. ’Tis the Sto­ry Grand and True
  65. Wages of Sin Is Death, The
  66. Travel in the Up­ward Way
  67. Waiting on the Gold­en Shore
  68. When I’m Sad
  69. When the Saved of All the Ag­es
  70. When the Tem­pests of Life Ov­er­whelm You
  71. When We All Shall Ga­ther There
  72. Wonderful Sav­ior to Me, A
  73. Wondrous Sto­ry, The

Music

  1. Sweetest Mo­ther