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Free same-meter accompaniment for For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country (Bernard, of Cluny; J. M. Neale): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) 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.

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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  1. 1For thee, O dear, dear country,
  2. Mine eyes their vigils keep;
  3. For very love beholding
  4. Thy holy name, they weep.
  5. The mention of thy glory,
  6. Is unction to the breast,
  7. And medicine in sickness,
  8. And love, and life, and rest.
  9. 2O one, O only mansion!
  10. O Paradise of joy!
  11. Where tears are ever banished
  12. And smiles have no alloy;
  13. Thy loveliness oppresses
  14. All human thought and heart,
  15. And none, O Peace, O Sion,
  16. Can sing thee as thou art.
  17. 3With jasper glow thy bulwarks,
  18. Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
  19. The sardius and the topaz
  20. Unite in thee their rays;
  21. Thine ageless walls are bonded
  22. With amethyst unpriced;
  23. The saints build up thy fabric,
  24. And the corner stone is Christ.
  25. 4The Cross is all thy splendour,
  26. The Crucified thy praise;
  27. His laud and benediction
  28. Thy ransomed people raise:
  29. Upon the Rock of Ages
  30. They build thy holy tower;
  31. Thine is the victor's laurel,
  32. And thine the golden dower.
  33. 5O sweet and blessed country,
  34. The home of God's elect!
  35. O sweet and blessed country,
  36. That eager hearts expect!
  37. Jesu, in mercy bring us
  38. To that dear land of rest;
  39. Who art, with God the Father,
  40. And Spirit, ever blest.

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 For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country page.

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