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Play “Jerusalem the Golden”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Jerusalem the Golden (Bernard of Cluny; J. M. Neale): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) in four-part harmony, 6 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. 1Jerusalem the golden,
  2. With milk and honey blest,
  3. Beneath thy contemplation
  4. Sink heart and voice opprest:
  5. I know not, O I know not,
  6. What joys await us there,
  7. What radiancy of glory,
  8. What light beyond compare.
  9. 2They stand, those halls of Zion,
  10. All jubilant with song,
  11. And bright with many angel,
  12. And all the martyr throng:
  13. The Prince is ever in them,
  14. The daylight is serene;
  15. The pastures of the blessed
  16. Are decked with glorious sheen.
  17. 3There is the throne of David,
  18. And there, from care released,
  19. The shout of them that triumph,
  20. The song of them that feast;
  21. And they who with their Leader
  22. Have conquered in the fight,
  23. Forever and forever
  24. Are clad in robes of white.
  25. 4Exult, O dust and ashes!
  26. The Lord shall be thy part:
  27. His only, His forever,
  28. Thou shalt be and thou art!
  29. Jesus, in mercy bring us
  30. Soon to that land of rest:
  31. Who art, with God the Father
  32. And Spirit, ever blest!
  33. 5Jerusalem the golden,
  34. Shall I e'er see thy face?
  35. O sweet and pleasant city,
  36. Shall I e'er win thy grace?
  37. I have the hope within me
  38. To comfort and to bless;
  39. Shall I e'er win the glory?
  40. O my Redeemer, yes!
  41. 6Amen.

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 Jerusalem the Golden page.

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