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PRECIOUS MEMORIES

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. F. Wright Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55611 16532 11132 Used With Text: Precious Memories

Precious Memories

Author: J.B.F. Wright Appears in 80 hymnals First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Used With Tune: PRECIOUS MEMORIES

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Author: J. B. F. Wright; Lonnie B. Combs Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #517 (2001) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious mem'ries, how they linger Lyrics: 1 Precious mem'ries, unseen angels, Sent from somewhere to my soul; How they linger, ever near me, And the sacred past unfold. Refrain: Precious mem'ries, how they linger, How they ever flood my soul; In the stillness of the midnight, Precious, sacred scenes unfold. 2 Precious father, loving mother, Fly across the lonely years; And old home scenes of my childhood, In fond memory appear. [Refrain] 3 As I travel on life's pathway, Know not what the years may hold; As I ponder, hope grows fonder, Precious mem'ries flood my soul. [Refrain] Topics: Family and Home; Jesus Christ His Love and Mercy; Old Age; Stillness Scripture: John 14:18 Languages: English Tune Title: PRECIOUS MEMORIES

Precious Memories

Author: J.B.F. Wright Hymnal: Songs of Faith and Praise #545 (1994) First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Tune Title: PRECIOUS MEMORIES

Precious Memories

Author: J. B. F. W. Hymnal: Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #8 (1958) First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels sent from Refrain First Line: Precious memories how they linger Tune Title: [Precious mem'ries, unseen angels sent from]

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John W. Peterson

1921 - 2006 Arranger of "[Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]" in 50 Sacred Favorites

J. B. F. Wright

1877 - 1959 Author of "Precious Memories" in African American Heritage Hymnal Wright, John Braselton Fillmore (Tennessee, February 21, 1877--October 13, 1959, Brownwood, Texas). Church of God. Son of George W. and Casandra (Coley) Wright; educated in the public schools of Limestone County, Texas (at Groesbeck, Prairie Point and old Box Church); studied music in one eighteen-day singing school near Hamlin, Jones County, Texas. Married Fannie Jackson, February 13, 1898; children Harvey, Myrtle, Calvin, Carey, Leonard, Grace and Dudley. Wrote over 200 songs, both music and poetry. Began writing at about fifteen years of age; stated that "I write by inspiration, only when the mood comes on the words and melody flow from my soul like the water from a babbling brook; without this inspiration I could not write; 'Precious Memories' was born in the midnight hours as I bathed by pillow with tears, likewise all my songs came through life's severest tests." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives The source of Wright's tears mentioned above was the memory of the death of his son, Everett Jackson Wright, at the age of 3 1/2 in 1922. A detailed account of this and the writing of "Precious Memories" can be found in the May 1952 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), a copy of which is located in the DNAH Archives.