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Play “Another Year Is Dawning”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Another Year Is Dawning (Frances Ridley Havergal): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) in four-part harmony, 3 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Another year is dawning!
- Dear Father, let it be,
- In working or in waiting,
- Another year with Thee:
- Another year of leaning
- Upon Thy loving breast,
- Another year of trusting,
- Of quiet, happy rest.
- 2Another year of mercies,
- Of faithfulness and grace;
- Another year of gladness
- In the shining of Thy face.
- Another year of progress,
- Another year of praise,
- Another year of proving
- Thy presence all the days.
- 3Another year of service,
- Of witness for Thy love;
- Another year of training
- For holier work above.
- Another year is dawning!
- Dear Father, let it be
- On earth, or else in heaven,
- Another year for Thee.
About this music
ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Another Year Is Dawning page.
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