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Play “Glory to the Father Give”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Glory to the Father Give (James Montgomery): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) 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 CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Glory to the Father give,
- God in whom we move and live;
- Children's prayers He deigns to hear,
- Children's songs delight His ear.
- 2Glory to the Son we bring,
- Christ our Prophet, Priest, and King;
- Children, raise your sweetest strain
- To the Lamb, for He was slain.
- 3Glory to the Holy Ghost,
- Who reclaims the sinner lost;
- Children's minds may He inspire,
- Touch their tongues with holy fire.
- 4Glory in the highest be
- To the blesséd Trinity,
- For the gospel from above,
- For the word that God is love.
- 5Amen.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Glory to the Father Give page.
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