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Free same-meter accompaniment for From Greenland's Icy Mountain (Reginald Heber): 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. 1From Greenland's icy mountains,
  2. From India's coral strand,
  3. Where Afric's sunny fountains
  4. Roll down their golden sand;
  5. From many an ancient river,
  6. From many a palmy plain,
  7. They call us to deliver
  8. Their land from error's chain.
  9. 2What though the spicy breezes
  10. Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;
  11. Though ev'ry prospect pleases
  12. And only man is vile:
  13. In vain, with lavish kindness,
  14. The gifts of God are strewn;
  15. The heathen in his blindness
  16. Bows down to wood and stone.
  17. 3Shall we, whose souls are lighted
  18. By wisdom from on high--
  19. Shall we to man benighted
  20. The lamp of life deny?
  21. Salvation, O salvation!
  22. The joyful sound proclaim
  23. Till earth's remotest nation
  24. Has learned Messiah's name.
  25. 4Waft, waft, ye winds, His story;
  26. And you, ye waters, roll
  27. Till, like a sea of glory,
  28. It spreads from pole to pole;
  29. Till o'er our ransomed nature,
  30. The Lamb for sinners slain,
  31. Redeemer, King, Creator,
  32. Returns in bliss to reign.
  33. 5Amen.

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 From Greenland's Icy Mountain page.

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