Mrs. Harry Coghill

Anna Louisa Walker (23 June 1836 – 7 July 1907) was an English and Canadian teacher and author. She wrote five novels and two collections of poetry and edited an autobiography. Her poem "The Night Cometh" provides the text of the popular hymn "Work, for the night is coming".

Birth and Death Data: Born England (country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom), Died July 7, 1907

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-32589	10-in.	5/11/1925	Work, for the night is coming	Mark Love	Male vocal solo, with organ	lyricist
Victor	BVE-63203	10-in.	5/21/1930	Work, for the night is coming	John Seagle ; Leonard Stokes	Male vocal duet, with organ	lyricist
Columbia	78258	10-in.	1/21/1919	Work for the night is coming	Earl F. Wilde	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	30058	12-in.	12/21/1906	Work for the night is coming	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with organ	lyricist
Columbia	30508	12-in.	between January and November 1910	Work for the night is coming	Archibald Brothers' Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Columbia	36739	12-in.	between 1913 and 1917	Work for the night is coming	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W150288	10-in.	4/18/1930	Work, for the night is coming	Smith’s Sacred Singers	Male vocal ensemble, with piano	lyricist
OKeh	9802	10-in.	October 1926	Work, for the night is coming	Jenkins Family	Mixed vocal trio, with organ	lyricist
OKeh	W401709	10-in.	3/11/1929	Work, for the night is coming	Sourthern Sacred Singers	Male vocal quartet, with organ and chimes	lyricist
Edison	5926	10-in.	12/13/1917	Work, for the night is coming	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coghill, Harry, Mrs.," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105773.

Coghill, Harry, Mrs.. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105773.

"Coghill, Harry, Mrs.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

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