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Play “Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side (Frederick William Faber): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Dear Jesus, ever at my side,
- How loving Thou must be,
- To leave Thy home in heaven to guard
- A little child like me.
- 2I cannot feel Thee touch my hand,
- With pressure light and mild,
- To check me as my mother did,
- When I was but a child:
- 3But I have felt Thee in my thoughts,
- Rebuking sin for me;
- And when my heart loves God, I know
- The sweetness is from Thee.
- 4And when, dear Saviour, I kneel down,
- Morning and night to prayer,
- Something there is within my heart
- Which tells me Thou art there.
- 5Yes, when I pray, Thou prayest too:
- Thy prayer is all for me;
- But when I sleep, Thou sleepest not,
- But watchest patiently.
- 6Amen.
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 Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side page.
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