Washington (William Billings)
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- (Posted 2015-01-21) CPDL #34379:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21). Score information: 10 x 7 (landscape), 2 pages, 110 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
- CPDL #03551:
Finale 2001
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2002-04-23). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 121 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Edition based on the third edition of The Singing Master's Assistant (1781).
General Information
Title: Lord, when thou didst ascend on high
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Washington
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1778
Description: This tune was first published in the first edition of William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). Hymn Tune Index tune number 4031.
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Original text and translations
English text
Lord, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky.
Those heavenly guards around thee wait
Like chariots that attend thy state.
Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there;
While He pronounced his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.
How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious powers of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.
Raised by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promised Spirit down
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.