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Not Done Yet!		This will be an on-going project. Come back and watch it grow as I learn and discover more - I am finding great joy in this journey.
Sacred, Popular, and 'Wiggle' Songs		Because most of these these volumes were compiled for children and youth, there are seasonal & recreational songs as well as 'activity' songs (what we call 'wiggle songs'.) I was not going to index the wiggle songs, but those with whom I conferred exclaimed most forcefully that wiggle songs are as much a part of our musical heritage as sacred songs. My target audience has spoken - I am including all songs titles in this index - sacred, seasonal, lullabies, nursery rhymes, and wiggle songs.
Titles/First Line		As a hymnist the proper way to title and list a hymn is by the first line of the text. But titles of these children's hymns were engrained into us as children and we just aren't going to give them up, so I am going to break the rules and list first by title and then by first line where needed.
Authors		Different hymnals will have different authors credited for the same text, but because research is on-going I will list them according to the most-recent volume - or the most-recent research.
Links to Texts		Texts that are more complete or original than what is in LDS hymnals are linked so you can read the complete/original texts.
"The"		Titles and first lines that begin with the word 'The', 'A', and 'An' as well as other prepositions are alphabetized under said prepositions, which is the way of doing things since the computer started alphabetizing for us.
Contractions		In some hymnals "There's" has been changed to "There is"; the same with other contractions. If you don't find a title one way, look for it the other way.
Page Number vs. Hymn Number		Most LDS hymnals lists hymns by hymn number. But several of these books list them by page number - those that do are noted with a "pg".

Here is a quick-list of the hymnals included in this index; for more info on each hymnal, CLICK HERE. An "X" shows which books are in the index; the rest will come.