John Rogers Thomas
Compositions for: Voice
Nearer My God to TheeSelections from the HymnalOnce Upon a TimeGod Bless Us Every One'Tis But a Little Faded FlowerOft in the Stilly NightGlorious Things of Thee Are SpokenAngel VoicesDown By the River Side I StrayJust As I Am!Against the StreamAngels, Guide the Little FeetAngels, Roll the Rock Away!Masonic OdeJubilate Deo in F majorThink of Me SometimesThe OwlAh! Never Deem My Love Can ChangeAll the Year RoundAll's for the BestO Sing Unto the LordBe Near to MeNearest and DearestPraise the LordThe Birds Will Come AgainGod Be MercifulThe Cottage by the SeaNo Crown Without the CrossBe Quiet Do, I'll Call My MotherBeautiful Isle of the SeaI Wish I Were a Fairy QueenThere Were ShepherdsWe Meet AgainThe True CrossGod Bless You!The Rainbow Temperance SongThe Miller's DaughterOnly a Withered RoseBeautiful Highlands!It Is a Good ThingAnnie of the ValeBeautiful WalesBright Days Are Coming LoveHaunting EyesApart!Blue-Eyed JeannieI Could Live in a Desert If Only with TheeOne Dream of You, My OwnThe Soldier's ReturnAnnie LawLast Words of WashingtonLittle BirdieRose of KillarneyTe Deum in F majorBetter DaysCroquetEilleen AllannaSwinging on the Garden GateBessie, The Star of the ValeDreaming, Still DreamingFar AwayGolden HoursOnward March to VictoryThe Candy StickBetter Luck To-morrowBird of the Angel WingKeep a Brave Heart StillOur Noble Chief Has Passed AwayTarry With MeTit, Tat, ToeGive the Poor All They Honestly EarnHome Is HomeMay God Protect ColumbiaThe Open DoorGood ByeLand of Home and BeautyMother Kissed Me in My DreamMy Wee Wife Waiting at the DoorBlue-Eyed BellCome While the Moonlight BeamsDarling BessieHo! Reapers of Life's HarvestI Have Seen Thee in My DreamingLittle Footsteps That Are GoneLoved Ones Far AwayThe Birth of Green ErinMy Dear My Native HomeOn the BluffSome One to LoveTe DeumTo Stella in HeavenCome Again, Happy Days!Far on the Deep Blue SeaKiss Me Good Night MotherThe Darlings of Our HomeThe Old Farm HouseWhen the War Is Over, MaryA Fadeless GemLittle Willie's GraveOh! Let Me Shed One Silent TearWhen the Evening Shades are FallingWhere Is the Sunny LandBreathe It Softly to My Loved OnesDo You Think the Moon Could Have Seen Us?Dreaming of TheeGood Bye! But Come AgainJamie's Whisper to JessieLet Us be Friends AgainLove Good ByeMy 'Good for Nothing'Oh! Why Did You Die?Song of FriendshipThe Children's Sweet Good NightThe Old TimeWaiting in the TwilightYou Never Know What You Can Do Till You TryI Have a Little SweetheartMust We Then Meet as StrangersO Come, Buy My BlossomsO! Sweet Be Thy ReposeSay a Kind Word When You CanShe Dwelleth Now in HeavenSome Heart Will Love Thee StillThe Day When You'll Forget MeThe Fields of HomeThe Hopes Gone byThe Moonlit SeaWe TwoLost in the Wide WorldPearl of the IslePleasant MemoriesSweet Dreams be ThineThe Hand That Rocks the WorldYe Midnight Stars!Julietta BellShe Never Could Forget the DaySoftly O'er the Rippling WatersThe UnionWe Were Boys and Girls TogetherWelcome HomeEttie MayEvangelineHome Below and Heaven AboveIn the Moonlight Long AgoKathleen of KildareNot Lost For EverOh! Gently BreatheOld Friends and Old TimesStill Thine OwnThe Pretty Little Maid of MinnetonkaBonny EloiseLet Us Speak of a Man As We Find HimOh Fare Thee Well Mine Own LoveSweet Flower of KilmeenaWhere Is HomeCable SongDown by the GateFloating Down the StreamHappy Be Thy DreamsI Wish Somebody'd ComeI'll Dream of Thee No MoreJennie Who Lives in the DellThe Dew Is on the FlowerThe Gates AjarWhile Gentle Ones are Round UsFishes in the SeaFollow the FlagOur Wandering ShipsStrangers No MoreThe Light of Loving EyesThere's Millions In ItWhen Blossoms Come AgainWinsome Winnie of the MillDarling LeonoreLinger Not DarlingLoves Early DreamMary of the WildwoodOur Own Dear LandThat Song of ThineThe Stream in the ValleyComrades, Touch the ElbowHappy Dreams, Return AgainWhen I Can Read My Title ClearOft in My SlumbersThe Watchword, 'Liberty or Death'The Standard of FreedomNelly Dear Good ByeI'm Dying Far from Those I LoveMary GrayHeart and HandI'll Meet Thee at the GateOne By OneWake from Thy Happy DreamsBeautiful SnowdropsArrangements for: Voice
We Were Boys and Girls Together
WikipediaJohn Rogers Thomas (March 26, 1829 – April 5, 1896) was an American composer, pianist, and singer of Welsh descent.
Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales on March 26, 1829. A baritone and composer, he first came to America with the Sequin English Opera Company and became interested in the music of America that was developing. He sang and toured with Bryant's Minstrels and settled in New York City.
He wrote more than one hundred popular American songs during the nineteenth century of which his most popular were The Cottage by the Sea (1856), Old Friends and Old Times (1856), Bonny Eloise—The Belle of Mohawk Vale (1858), 'Tis But a Little Faded Flower (1860), When the War Is Over, Mary (1864), Beautiful Isle of the Sea (1865), Croquet (1867), Eilleen Allanna (1873), and Rose of Killarney (1876). Thomas occasionally published material under the pseudonyms Charles Osborne, Arthur Percy and Harry Diamond. In addition to song writing, Thomas composed three larger works; The Picnic (1869), a children's operetta with a libretto by George Cooper; The Lady in the Mask (1870), an operetta with a libretto by George Cooper; and Diamond Cut Diamond (1876), a parlor opera in one act.
In addition to his popular songs, Thomas also composed sacred music, and was also known as a teacher in Brooklyn and in New York City, where he died on April 5, 1896.
