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Play “Funeral of a Child”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Funeral of a Child (Samuel Stennett): 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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  1. 1Thy life I read, my gracious Lord,
  2. With transport all divine;
  3. Thine image trace in every word,
  4. Thy love in every line.
  5. 2Methinks I see a thousand charms
  6. Spread o'er thy lovely face,
  7. While infants in thy tender arms
  8. Receive the smiling grace.
  9. 3I take these little lambs, said he,
  10. And lay them in my breast;
  11. Protection they shall find in me,
  12. In me be ever blest.
  13. 4Death may the bands of life unloose,
  14. But can't dissolve my love;
  15. Millions of infant souls compose
  16. The family above.
  17. 5His words the happy parents hear,
  18. And shout, with joys divine,
  19. O Saviour, all we have and are
  20. Shall be for ever thine.

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 Funeral of a Child page.

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