Byford (Oliver Brownson)

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• (Posted 2016-08-13)  CPDL #40745:  MusicXML

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2016-08-12)  CPDL #40744:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below.

General Information

Title: Byford
First Line: Not to our names, Thou only just and true
Composer: Oliver Brownson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 10 10. 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Brownson's Select Harmony, 1783, p. 39. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 115, Part 2, with six stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 115.
Text to Stanza six of Watts' paraphrase altered:

English text Watts O Britain, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, And death and silence had forbid his praise: But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, And Britain bless the God that built the skies.

Altered for these editions O nation, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, And death and silence had forbid his praise: But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, This nation bless the God that built the skies.