Arranged by Morgan Juel Stavik
Sheet Music for Brass Band
The arranger writes: "This arrangement is dedicated to my uncle Arne - who introduced me to this song some years ago. As the case is for may Christian songs the melody originates from a poöular secular song" - "When the bloom is on the sage".
The original music and lyrics are written by Fred Howard Wright and Nathaniel Vincent and the song is a prt of the Country and Western tradition.