Category: Lower Key

And did those feet in ancient times (Jerusalem – 2 Verses) – for Orchestra Also see version for Organ Hymn – And did those feet in ancient time – Lyrics And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow ...
Blessed Assurance ( 3 verses) – Organ Hymn – Blessed Assurance – Lyrics Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of his Spirit, washed in His blood.Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the ...
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Veni, Creator Spiritus – Mechlin) Hymn – Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire – Lyrics English Translation Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, and lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light the dullness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face with the abundance of ...
For the beauty of the earth (Dix) – Organ Hymn – For the beauty of the earth – Lyrics For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and ...
For the beauty of the earth (Heathlands) – Organ Hymn – For the beauty of the earth – Lyrics For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and ...
Guide me, O thou great redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/4tjY5-wbwo4 Hymn- Guide me, O thou great redeemer – Lyrics Guide me, O thou great redeemer, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven, bread of heaven Feed me till I want no more; Feed me till I want no more. Open now the crystal fountain Whence the healing stream doth flow; Let ...
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty (Nicea) Hymn – Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty – Lyrics Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, which ...
Just as I am, without one plea (Saffron Walden) – Piano and Woodwind Hymn – Just as I am, without one plea – Lyrics Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come. Just as I am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, ...
Just as I am, without one plea (Woodworth) – Organ Hymn – Just as I am, without one plea – Lyrics Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come. Just as I am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, ...
Love divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern) – Organ – in a lower key Lyrics Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling; All thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation; Enter every trembling heart. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit, Into every troubled breast! Let us all in Thee inherit; Let us find thy promised rest. Take away the ...
Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket) Now thank we all our God – Lyrics Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life ...
O God, our help in ages past (Saint Anne) – Organ and Descant Hymn – O God, our help in ages past – Lyrics O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure. Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her ...
The Lord’s my shepherd (Crimond) Hymn – The Lord’s my shepherd – Lyrics Based on Psalm 23 The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want. He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. My soul He doth restore again; And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, Even for His own Name’s sake. Yea, though I walk in death’s dark ...
We plough the fields and scatter (Wir Pflügen) – Brass Band Lyrics We plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God’s almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. Refrain All good gifts around us Are sent from heav’n above, Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord For all his love. He only ...
What a friend we have in Jesus (What a friend (converse)) Hymn – What a friend we have in Jesus – Lyrics What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. Have we ...

The Lord’s my shepherd (Crimond)

Hymn – The Lord’s my shepherd – Lyrics

Based on Psalm 23

The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff my comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.

Recordings

Standard setting in F

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Lower setting in E Flat

Details

Album: Wedding Songs - Vol 1
Tune: Crimond
Meter: CM
Style: Victorian Hymn
Lyricist: The Scottish Psalter (1650) based upon Psalm 23
Church Year: General, Funerals, Weddings
Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain
Performance ℗ 2018 Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955). Certain rights reserved

And did those feet in ancient times (Jerusalem – 2 Verses) – for Orchestra

Also see version for Organ

Hymn – And did those feet in ancient time – Lyrics

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen!
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green and pleasant Land.

Recordings

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Details

Tune: Jerusalem
Meter: DLM
Style: Early 20th Century
Church Year: Remembrance Sunday, Church Year: Weddings
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848 – 1918)
Lyricist: William Blake (1757 – 1827)
Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain
Performance Copyright ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All Rights Reserved
ISRC: UKTU21900035
UPC: 5060707370320

Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)

Now thank we all our God – Lyrics

Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;
And free us from all ills, in this world and the next!

All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given;
The Son and Him Who reigns with Them in highest Heaven;
The one eternal God, whom earth and Heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

Recordings

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Original Key F Major

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Lower Key E Major

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Video

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Details

Album: Wedding Songs - Vol 1
Tune: Nun Danket
Meter: 67 67 66 66
Style: German Reformation
Composer: Johann Crüger (1598 – 1662)
Harmony: Harmony: William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
Lyricist: Martin Rinkart (1586 – 1694)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1827 – 1878)
Church Year: General, Weddings
Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain.
Performances Copyright ℗ 2014 (video) and 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved.

Guide me, O thou great redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)

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Hymn- Guide me, O thou great redeemer – Lyrics

Guide me, O thou great redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer;
Be thou still my strength and shield;
Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s destruction
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.

Recordings – Download Options

Original Key – G Major

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Lower Key – F Major

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Details

Album: Wedding Songs - Vol 1
Tune: Cwm Rhondda
Meter: 87 87 47
Style: Traditional Welsh
Composer: John Hughes (1873 – 1932)
Lyricist: William Williams (1717 – 1791)
Translator: Peter Williams (1727 – 1796)
Church Year: General / Church Year: Weddings
Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain.

Blessed Assurance ( 3 verses) – Organ

Hymn – Blessed Assurance – Lyrics

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of his Spirit, washed in His blood.Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Refrain

Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Saviour am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love. Refrain

Recording

Original Key D Major

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Lower Key C Major

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Details

Tune: Blessed Assurance
Meter: 9 10.9 9 with Refrain
Style: Victorian Hymn
Composer: Pheobe Palmer Knapp (1839 – 1908)
Lyricist: Fanny Jane Crosby (1820-1915)
Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain