Whitestown (Thomas Howell)
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- (Posted 2024-08-10) CPDL #81559:
- Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-10). Score information: Letter (landscape), 2 pages, 45 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Sacred Harp (1911).
- Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2007-11-24). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 214 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Version taken from The Hesperian Harp.
General Information
Title: Whitestown
First Line: Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey
Composer: Thomas Howell
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800 The Musical Harmonist (Stephen Jenks)
2nd published: 1826 Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music (John Wyeth)
3rd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)
4th published: 1854 in Southern Harmony
5th published: 1911 in The Sacred Harp (1911)
Description: Attributed to "Howd" in The Musical Harmonist. Attributed to Thomas Howell in Wyeth's, The Hesperian Harp, and The Sacred Harp. Misattributed to "Ward" in Southern Harmony. The exact composer is not known. Words by Isaac Watts, verses 3 and 4 of Psalm 107 Last Part.
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Original text and translations
English text
Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they,
He bids th'opressed and poor repair,
And builds them towns and cities there.
They sow the fields and trees they plant
whose yearly fruit supplies their want.
Their race grow up from fruitful stocks;
Their wealth increases with their flocks.
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 107.
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