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'''William Billings, ''{{NoComp|The Continental Harmony|William Billings}}'' (Boston: 1794)''' | |||
Here is a song, which doth belong, | Here is a song, which doth belong, | ||
To all the human race, | To all the human race, | ||
Concerning death, who steals the breath, | Concerning death, who steals the breath, | ||
And blasts the comely face. | And blasts the comely face. | ||
Come listen all unto the call, | Come listen all unto the call, | ||
Which I do make to day, | Which I do make to day, | ||
For you must die, as well as I, | For you must die, as well as I, | ||
And pass from hence away.}} | |||
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'''Smith and Jones, ''Hymns Original and Selected'', Fifth Ed., 1812''' | |||
:''Address to all'' | |||
1. I sing a song which doth belong, | |||
To all the human race, | |||
Concerning death, which steals the breath, | |||
And blasts the comely face. | |||
2. Come listen all unto my call, | |||
Which I do make to day, | |||
For you must die as well as I, | |||
And pass from hence away. | And pass from hence away. | ||
3. No human power can stop the hour, | |||
Wherein a mortal dies; | |||
A Caesar may be great to day, | |||
Yet death may close his eyes. | |||
4. Though some do strive and do arrive | |||
To riches and renown; | |||
Enjoying health, and swim in wealth, | |||
Yet death will bring them down: | |||
5. Though beauty grace your comely face, | |||
With roses white and red, | |||
A dying fall will spoil it all, | |||
For Absalom is dead. | |||
6. Though you require the best attire, | |||
Appearing fine and fair, | |||
Yet death will come into the room, | |||
And strip you of them there. | |||
7. For princes high and beggars die, | |||
And mingle with the dust; | |||
The rich, the brave, the poorest slave, | |||
The wicked and the just.}} | |||
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'''Himes & Wilson, ''A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors'', 1818''' | |||
:''Address to all'' | |||
I sing a song which doth belong | I sing a song which doth belong | ||
To all the human race, | To all the human race, | ||
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Come, listen all unto the call, | Come, listen all unto the call, | ||
Which I do make | Which I do make today, | ||
For you must die as well as I, | For you must die as well as I, | ||
And pass from hence away. | And pass from hence away. | ||
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Though you require the best attire, | Though you require the best attire, | ||
Appearing fine and fair, | Appearing fine and fair, | ||
Yet death will come into the room, | Yet death will come into the room, | ||
And strip you of them there. | And strip you of them there. | ||
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And mingle with the dust; | And mingle with the dust; | ||
The rich, the brave, the poorest slave, | The rich, the brave, the poorest slave, | ||
The wicked and the just. | The wicked and the just.}} | ||
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'''William Walker, ''[[Southern Harmony|Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist]]'', 1846''' | |||
:''An Address to All'' | |||
1. I sing a song which doth belong | |||
To all the human race, | |||
Concerning death, which steals the breath, | |||
And blasts the comely face; | |||
Come listen all unto my call | |||
Which I do make today, | |||
For you must die as well as I, | |||
And pass from hence away. | |||
2. No human power can stop the hour | |||
Wherein a mortal dies; | |||
A Caesar may be great today, | |||
Yet death will close his eyes: | |||
Though some do strive and do arrive | |||
To riches and renown. | |||
Enjoying health and swim in wealth, | |||
Yet death will bring them down. | |||
3. Though beauty grace your comely face | |||
With roses white and red, | |||
A dying fall will spoil it all, | |||
For Absalom is dead; | |||
Though you acquire the best attire, | |||
Appearing fine and fair, | |||
Yet death will come into the room, | |||
And strip you naked there. | |||
4. The princes high and beggars die, | |||
And mingle with the dust. | |||
The rich, the brave, the Negro slave, | |||
The wicked and the just; | |||
Therefore prepare to meet thy God, | |||
Before it be too late. | |||
Or else you'll weep, lament and cry, | |||
Lost in a ruined state.}} | |||
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==Reference== | |||
*Himes, Paul, and Jonathan Wilson. 1818. ''A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors''. Greenfield, Massachusetts: Clark & Hunt. 360 pp. | |||
*Smith, Elias, and Abner Jones. 1812. ''Hymns Original and Selected For the Use of Christians'', Fifth Edition, Corrected. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Herald Office. 360 pp. | |||
==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 13:48, 17 November 2020
General information
Here is a song, which doth belong is a text first recorded in the Hymn Tune Index in 1794, as the underlay of the tune 'West-Sudbury' by William Billings. Billings attributes the text as 'Words from Mr. John Peck', but only gives one Double Common Metre verse. Elisha West of Woodstock, Vermont similarly set the hymn to a Double Common Meter tune ('Solemn Song') in his collection The Musical Concert (Northampton: 1802).
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, compiled by Paul Himes and Jonathan Wilson (Greenfield, MA: published by Clark & Hunt, 1818) gives seven Common Metre verses of the text, as Hymn 123.
Settings by composers
- William Billings — Hatfield English STB
- William Billings — West-Sudbury English SATB
- William Walker — An Address for All English SATB
- Elisha West — Solemn Song English SATB
Text and translations
English text William Billings, The Continental Harmony (Boston: 1794) |
Smith and Jones, Hymns Original and Selected, Fifth Ed., 1812 |
Himes & Wilson, A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, 1818 |
William Walker, Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist, 1846 |
Reference
- Himes, Paul, and Jonathan Wilson. 1818. A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. Greenfield, Massachusetts: Clark & Hunt. 360 pp.
- Smith, Elias, and Abner Jones. 1812. Hymns Original and Selected For the Use of Christians, Fifth Edition, Corrected. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Herald Office. 360 pp.
External links
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