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:'''Edition notes:''' The alto part is given in the alto clef in the original. The first verse of the text is underlaid in the original, where it is attributed with the heading 'Words from Mr. John Peck'. Two further verses have here been underlaid editorially: these are verses 3-4 and 6-7 of seven 4-line verses of the text, as given as 'Hymn 123' on pages 175-176 of ''A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors'', compiled by Paul Himes and Jonathan Wilson (Greenfield, MA: published by Clark & Hunt, 1818).


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:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape).  Words by John Peck, apparently first published in Billings 1796.
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:'''Edition notes:''' Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 55. Note shapes added (4-shape).
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Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2013-04-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: The alto part is given in the alto clef in the original. The first verse of the text is underlaid in the original, where it is attributed with the heading 'Words from Mr. John Peck'. Two further verses have here been underlaid editorially: these are verses 3-4 and 6-7 of seven 4-line verses of the text, as given as 'Hymn 123' on pages 175-176 of A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, compiled by Paul Himes and Jonathan Wilson (Greenfield, MA: published by Clark & Hunt, 1818).
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Words by John Peck, apparently first published in Billings 1796.
  • CPDL #32765:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-23).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 55. Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Here is a song, which doth belong
Composer: William Billings
Tune: West-Sudbury
Lyricist: John Peck

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1794

Description: This setting was published on p50 of William Billings' The Continental Harmony, Boston: 1794. Hymn Tune Index tune number 6726.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Here is a song, which doth belong.