There are many Lilies in the valley! Please help me to complete them…

1) A spiritual "He's the Lily of the Valley", published in "Jubilee Songs" 1872. Redorded by Texas Jubilee Singers with Arizona Dranes in 1928 (Colombia 14445, re-issued Document DOCD 5186)OTHER RECORDINGS??

2) A song by Salvation Army bandmaster Charles Fry, published in War Cry 1881. Verse "I've found a Friend in Jesus, He's Everything to Me", refrain "He's the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul". Tune "Little Old Log Cabin…" by William Shakespeare Hays. Many recordings with country and religious artists. ANY JAZZ RECORDINGS??

3) A song by Anatol Friedland and Wolfe Gilbert, 1917. "A Nut Song". Not religious at all! Recorded by Prince´s Band in 1917, "Lily Of The Valley Jazz One-Step". Another recording by Jimmy Dorsey, 1950. MORE??

4) "Everybody don't Know Who Jesus Is", recorded by Rev. F.W. McGee in 1930, only the verse (Victor V38596, re-issued Document BDCD 6032) and later by many jazz bands from Paul Barbarin 1951. Verse same tune as "O Happy Day". ("How dry I am" probably a parody.) Refrain "He's the Lily of the Valley…" with many variations. NOTHING BETWEEN 1930 AND 1951?? ORIGIN OF THE CHORUS??

5) "Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus Is", written by Harry Dixon Loes. The melody of the first bars are the same as Loes´ "Every Moment of the Day". Lyrics "Everybody ought to know (3x) who Jesus is". Chorus "He's the Lily of the Valley, He's the Bright and Morning Star, He's the fairest of ten thousand, Everybody Ought to Know", i.e. almost the same as the Fry song, but with different measure. The chorus melody = What a Friend We Have In Jesus".

There are also some other religious songs with the same title, and a large number of secular ones, from Tchaikovsky to Queen…

Ingemar Wågerman
Gota River Jazzmen, Gothenburg, Sweden