In what year was the hymnbook that Elisha J. King compiled first published?
Elisha J. King Elisha James King (1821-1844) was, with B. F. White, the compiler of "The Sacred Harp", a shape note hymnbook that came to be used widely in the rural South. In revised form, the book continues to be popular among singers to this day.
I'll Fly Away "I'll Fly Away", is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled "Wonderful Message". Brumley's writing was influenced in part by an older secular ballad.