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Play “Lord, For Ever at Thy Side”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Lord, For Ever at Thy Side (James Montgomery): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) 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.
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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- 1Lord, for ever at Thy side
- Let my place and portion be:
- Strip me of the robe of pride,
- Clothe me with humility.
- 2Meekly may my soul receive,
- All Thy Spirit hath revealed;
- Thou hast spoken; I believe,
- Though the oracle be sealed.
- 3Humble as a little child,
- Weaned from the mother's breast,
- By no subtleties beguiled,
- On Thy faithful word I rest.
- 4Israel now and evermore,
- In the Lord Jehovah trust;
- Him, in all His ways, adore,
- Wise, and wonderful, and just.
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 Lord, For Ever at Thy Side page.
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