The Heavenly March (William Walker)

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• (Posted 2018-07-24)  CPDL #50659:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1840. Two more stanzas from Stennett's hymn included.

General Information

Title: The Heavenly March
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Composer: William Walker
Lyricist: Samuel Stennett

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1840 in Southern Harmony, Fourth Edition, p. 221, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words to the stanzas by Samuel Stennett, 1778, with seven stanzas. The words to the chorus by an anonymous author.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at On Jordan's stormy banks I stand.

English text

Chorus
To see the righteous marching home,
And the angels bid them come,
And Jesus stands awaiting,
To welcome travelers home.