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Play “Come, Lord, and tarry not”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Come, Lord, and tarry not (Horatius Bonar): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 6 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 ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Come, Lord, and tarry not;
- Bring the long-looked-for day;
- Oh, why these years of waiting here,
- These ages of delay?
- 2Come, for Thy saints still wait;
- Daily ascends their sigh:
- The Spirit and the Bride say, Come!
- Dost Thou not hear the cry?
- 3Come, for creation groans,
- Impatient of Thy stay,
- Worn out with these long years of ill,
- These ages of delay.
- 4Come, and make all things new,
- Build up this ruined earth,
- Restore our faded paradise,--
- Creation's second birth.
- 5Come, and bring Thy reign
- Of everlasting peace;
- Come, take the kingdom to Thyself,
- Great King of Righteousness!
- 6Amen.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Come, Lord, and tarry not page.
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