Text: John Neale, Justin Knecht and Edward Husband, O, happy band of pilgrims (1871)

Publication details

Type of text

hymn

Publication

1871

Contributors

lyricist: NEALE, Reverend Dr John (1818-1866)

composer: KNECHT, Justin (1752-1817)

composer: HUSBAND, Reverend Edward (1843-1908)

Main language(s)

English

Notes

The date is that of Husband's revision of Knecht's 1799 tune; the lyric is from 1862.

Associated slide sets

reading for O, happy band of pilgrims (song: Newton & Co., 7 slides, in/before 1912)

reading for Oh happy band of pilgrims (song: Newton & Co., 7 slides, in/before 1925)

Lucerna ID 4009452

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 15 December 2013

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Text: John Neale, Justin Knecht and Edward Husband, O, happy band of pilgrims (1871)