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Play “Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 5 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.
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- 1Awake, my heart, arise, my tongue,
- Prepare a tuneful voice;
- In God, the life of all my joys,
- Aloud will I rejoice.
- 2'Tis he adorned my naked soul,
- And made salvation mine;
- Upon a poor, polluted worm
- He makes his graces shine.
- 3And lest the shadow of a spot
- Should on my soul be found,
- He took the robe the Saviour wrought,
- And cast it all around.
- 4How far that heavenly robe excels
- What earthly princes wear!
- These ornaments, how bright they shine!
- How white the garments are!
- 5The Spirit wrought my faith and love
- And hope, and every grace;
- But Jesus spent his life to work
- The robe of righteousness.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue page.
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