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Play “Hosanna, Be the Children's Song”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Hosanna, Be the Children's Song (James Montgomery): 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.
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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- 1Hosanna, be the children's song,
- To Christ, the children's King;
- His praise, to whom our souls belong,
- Let all the children sing.
- 2From little ones, to Jesus brought,
- Hosanna now be heard;
- Let little infants now be taught
- To lisp that lovely word.
- 3Hosanna, sound from hill to hill,
- And spread from plain to plain,
- While louder, sweeter, clearer still,
- Woods echo to the strain.
- 4Hosanna, on the wings of light,
- O'er earth and ocean fly,
- Till morn to eve, and noon to night,
- And heaven to earth reply.
- 5Hosanna, then, our song shall be;
- Hosanna to our King:
- This is the children's jubilee;
- Let all the children sing.
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 Hosanna, Be the Children's Song page.
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