Category: Traditional English

  • Come down, O love Divine (Down Ampey) Tune: Down Ampney Meter: 66 11 D Style: Traditional English Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) Lyricist: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434) Translator: Richard Frederick Littledale (1833 – 1890) Church Year: Pentecost / Church Year: General / Church Year: Weddings Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain Performances Copyright © 2009 and 2016 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved Recordings Hymn – Come down, ...
  • Farmer, farmer, why do you plough Hymn – Farmer, farmer, why do you plough – Lyrics Recording Extract Details Tune: Farmer Farmer Meter: Irregular Style: Traditional English Church Year: Harvest Composer: Susan Sayers – arranger: Richard Mark Stephen Irwin Lyricist: Susan Sayers Music and Lyrics Copyright © 1984 Kevin Mayhew Ltd Performance Copyright © 2008 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.
  • Father, hear the prayer we offer (Sussex) Tune: Sussex Meter: 87 87 Style: Traditional English Composer: Unknown adapted by arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) Lyricist: Love Maria Whitcomb Willis (1824 – 1908) Church Year: General Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain Performance Copyright ℗ 2016 Richard M S Irwin, Certain rights reserved. You can download the free MP3 recording for use in Worship by clicking on the Download ...
  • Firmly I believe and truly (Shipston) Hymn – Firmly I believe and truly – Lyrics Firmly I believe and truly God is Three, and God is One; And I next acknowledge duly Manhood taken by the Son. And I trust and hope most fully In that Manhood crucified; And each thought and deed unruly Do to death, as He has died. Simply to His grace and wholly Light and life and ...
  • For the beauty of the earth (England’s Lane) – 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 ...
  • Forth in the peace of Christ we go (Deo Gracias) Lyrics Recording See also Forth in the peace of Christ we go (Duke Street) Details Tune: Deo Gracias Meter: LM Style: Classical Composer: Unknown – 15th Century English melody arranged by Richard M S Irwin (b.1955) Lyricist: James Quinn (1919 – 2010) Music Copyright © 2018 Richard M S Irwin Performance Copyright ℗ 2018 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.
  • God rest you merry, gentlemen (God Rest You Merry) Carol – God rest you merry, gentlemen – Lyrics 1. God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember, Christ, our Saviour Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan’s power When we were gone astray O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy 2. In Bethlehem, in Israel, This blessed Babe was born And laid ...
  • I saw three ships come sailing in Carol – I saw three ships come sailing in – Lyrics I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas day, on Christmas day, I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas day in the morning. And what was in those ships all three? On Christmas day, on Christmas day, And what was in those ships all three? On Christmas day in ...
  • It came upon a midnight clear (Noël) Lyrics It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold; “Peace on the earth, good will to men, From Heaven’s all gracious King.” The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heavenly music floats O’er all ...
  • It is a thing most wonderful (Herongate) – Organ Lyrics It is a thing most wonderful, Almost too wonderful to be, That God’s own Son should come from Heav’n, And die to save a child like me. And yet I know that it is true; He chose a poor and humble lot, And wept and toiled and mourned and died, For love of those who loved Him not. I cannot tell how He ...
  • Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (Truro) – Orchestra Hymn- Jesus shall reign where’er the sun – Lyrics Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name. Blessings abound wherever He reigns; The ...
  • Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (Truro) – Organ with Trumpet Descant Hymn- Jesus shall reign where’er the sun – Lyrics Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name. Blessings abound wherever He reigns; The ...
  • Jesus, Thou divine companion (Saltash) Hymn – Jesus, Thou divine companion – Lyrics Jesus, Thou divine companion, By thy lowly human birth Thou hast come to join the workers, Burden bearers of the Earth. Thou the carpenter of Nazareth, Toiling for thy daily food, By thy patience and Thy courage, Thou hast taught us toil is good. They who tread the path of labour Follow where thy feet have trod; They ...
  • O Lord, my God, I thirst for You (Kingsfold) Hymn – O Lord, my God, I thirst for You – Lyrics “God my Rock” O Lord, my God, I thirst for You, I long to see your face, Just as the hunted deer is stressed I falter in the race; My heart cries out, my tears run down, I am in deep distress, “Where is your God?” men say to me, They taunt ...
  • On Christmas night all Christians sing (Sussex Carol) Album: Tune: Sussex Carol Meter: 88 88 88 Style: Carol, Traditional English Church Year: Christmas Composer: Unknown Original arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958). This version with Trumpet Descant arranger: Richard Mark Stephen Irwin Lyricist: Phillips Brooks (1835 – 1893) Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain Performance Copyright ℗ 2013 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. Recordings Carol – On Christmas night all Christians ...
  • To whom will you the Lord compare? (Herongate) Hymn – To whom will you the Lord compare? – Lyrics To whom will you the Lord compare? Is there His equal anywhere? O lift up your eyes and the heavens survey, Who made this most amazing display? The Lord Himself formed all these arrays Of galaxies, of milky ways, He cares for each one of the vast starry host, So great is ...
  • Unto the hills (Thys Endrys Night) Lyrics Unto the hills I lift my eyes; From whence shall help arise? My help comes from the Lord alone, Maker of earth and skies. He shall not let your foot be moved, He watches His beloved. Behold, He guards His chosen ones, In sleep they are un-moved. The Lord’s your keeper, night and day; At your right hand, come what may; Not sun, nor moon, ...
  • 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 ...
  • We read of a place that’s called Heaven (How beautiful Heaven must be) Hymn – We read of a place that’s called Heaven – Lyrics We read of a place that’s called heaven, It’s made for the pure and the free; These truths in God’s Word He hath given, How beautiful heaven must be. How beautiful heaven must be, Sweet home of the happy and free; Fair heaven of rest for the weary, How beautiful heaven ...
  • What Child is this (Greensleeves) Tune: Greensleeves Meter: 87 87 68 67 Verses: 3 Style: Traditional English Folk Tune, Carol, Renaissance Church Year: Christmas, Epiphany Composer: Henry VIII, King of England (1491 – 1547) Arranger: Richard M S Irwin Lyricist: William Chatterton Dix (1837 – 1898) Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain Performance Copyright ℗ 2013 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. Recordings Carol – What Child is this – ...
  • When a knight won his spurs (Stowy) Hymn – When a knight won his spurs – Lyrics When a knight won his spurs, in the stories of old, He was gentle and brave, he was gallant and bold; With a shield on his arm and a lance in his hand, For God and for valour he rode through the land. No charger have I, and no sword ...
  • Why do you say your way is not clear? (Herongate) Hymn – Why do you say your way is not clear? – Lyrics Why do you say your way is not clear, Why do you say “The Lord is not near,” For have you not known this, and have you not heard, The Everlasting God is your Lord? And He who made the Heavens and earth Sees all your need, knows ...

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…

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (Truro) – Orchestra

Hymn- Jesus shall reign where’er the sun – Lyrics Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore…

Jesus, Thou divine companion (Saltash)

Hymn – Jesus, Thou divine companion – Lyrics Jesus, Thou divine companion, By thy lowly human birth Thou hast come to join the workers, Burden…

O Lord, my God, I thirst for You (Kingsfold)

Hymn – O Lord, my God, I thirst for You – Lyrics “God my Rock” O Lord, my God, I thirst for You, I long…

To whom will you the Lord compare? (Herongate)

Hymn – To whom will you the Lord compare? – Lyrics To whom will you the Lord compare? Is there His equal anywhere? O lift…

Unto the hills (Thys Endrys Night)

Lyrics Unto the hills I lift my eyes; From whence shall help arise? My help comes from the Lord alone, Maker of earth and skies.…

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…

When a knight won his spurs (Stowy)

Hymn – When a knight won his spurs – Lyrics When a knight won his spurs, in the stories of old, He was gentle and…