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Play “Lovest Thou Me? Feed My Lambs”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Lovest Thou Me? Feed My Lambs (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 7 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. 1Do not I love thee, O my Lord?
  2. Behold my heart and see:
  3. And turn each cursed idol out,
  4. That dares to rival thee.
  5. 2Do not I love thee, O my soul?
  6. Then let me nothing love;
  7. Dead be my heart to every joy,
  8. When Jesus cannot move.
  9. 3Is not thy name melodious still
  10. To my attentive ear?
  11. Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound
  12. My Savior's voice to hear?
  13. 4Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock
  14. I would disdain to feed?
  15. Hast thou a foe, before whose face
  16. I fear thy cause to plead?
  17. 5Would not mine ardent spirit vie
  18. With angels round the throne,
  19. To execute thy sacred will,
  20. And make thy glory known?
  21. 6Would not my heart pour forth its blood
  22. In honor of thy name,
  23. And challenge the cold hand of death
  24. To damp the immortal flame?
  25. 7Thou knowest I love thee, dearest Lord,
  26. But O, I long to soar
  27. Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
  28. And learn to love thee more!

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 Lovest Thou Me? Feed My Lambs page.

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