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Play “Mercy, O Thou Son of David”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Mercy, O Thou Son of David (John Newton): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) in four-part harmony, 2 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 BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1"Mercy, O Thou Son of David!"
- Thus blind Bartimeus prayed;
- "Others by Thy word are saved,
- Now to me afford Thine aid."
- 2Many for his crying chid him,
- But he called the louder still;
- Till the gracious Saviour bid him
- Come, and ask Me what you will.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Mercy, O Thou Son of David page.
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