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 | | , the four-line ditty was written as a classroom greeting in 1893 by two Louisville teachers, Mildred J. Hill, an authority on Negro spirituals, and Dr. Patty Smith Hill, professor emeritus of education at Columbia University. |
 | | Hill, who born in Louisville, KY, on June 27, 1859. |
 | | The song was first published in 1893, with the lyrics written by her sister, Patty Smith Hill, as "Good Morning To All." |
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