Bondage (Timothy Swan)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1801. Two more stanzas included, selected from Barlow's paraphrase as they fit the music. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-19). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 63 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas included, selected from Barlow's paraphrase as they fit the music.
General Information
Title: Bondage
First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Joel Barlow
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 10 10. 10 10
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Swan's The New England Harmony, 1801, p. 41. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, in six stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.