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Free same-meter accompaniment for I've Found a Friend (James G. Small): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune HYFRYDOL (Rowland Hugh Prichard) in four-part harmony, 4 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. 1I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
  2. He loved me ere I knew Him;
  3. He drew me with the cords of love,
  4. And thus He bound me to Him;
  5. And round my heart still closely twine
  6. Those ties which nought can sever,
  7. For I am His, and He is mine,
  8. For ever and for ever.
  9. 2I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
  10. He bled, He died to save me;
  11. And not alone the gift of life,
  12. But His own self He gave me.
  13. Nought that I have my own I call,
  14. I hold it for the Giver;
  15. My heart, my strength, my life, my all,
  16. Are His, and His for ever.
  17. 3I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
  18. All power to Him is given,
  19. To guard me on my onward course,
  20. And bring me safe to heaven.
  21. Th' eternal glories gleam afar,
  22. To nerve my faint endeavour:
  23. So now to watch, to work, to war,
  24. And then to rest for ever.
  25. 4I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
  26. So kind, and true, and tender;
  27. So wise a Counsellor and Guide,
  28. So mighty a Defender!
  29. From Him, who loves me now so well,
  30. What power my soul can sever?
  31. Shall life or death, or earth or hell?
  32. No! I am His for ever.

About this music

HYFRYDOL — Rowland Hugh Prichard. 'HyFrydol' Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Setting: "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The English Hymnal' 1906, Hymn 563. Arrangement - NOT PRICHARD per English hymnal, 1906 assume RV Williams; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the I've Found a Friend page.

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