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Play “Oft In Danger, Oft In Woe”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Oft In Danger, Oft In Woe (Henry Kirke White): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 5 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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- 1Oft in danger, oft in woe,
- Onward, Christians, onward go,
- Bear the toil, maintain the strife,
- Strengthened with the Bread of life.
- 2Onward, Christians, onward go,
- Join the war and face the foe;
- Will ye flee in danger's hour?
- Know ye not your Captain's power?
- 3Let your drooping hearts be glad;
- March, in heavenly armour clad;
- Fight, nor think the battle long;
- Victory soon shall tune your song
- 4Let not sorrow dim your eye;
- Soon shall every tear be dry:
- Let not fears your course impede;
- Great your strength, if great your need.
- 5Onward then to battle move;
- More than conquerors ye shall prove:
- Though opposed by many a foe,
- Christian soldiers, onward go.
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 Oft In Danger, Oft In Woe page.
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