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Free same-meter accompaniment for Praise, O Praise Our God and King (H. W. Baker; John Milton): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 8 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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- 1Praise, O praise our God and King!
- Hymns of adoration sing;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 2Praise Him that He made the sun
- Day by day his course to run;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 3And the silver moon by night,
- Shining with her gentle light;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 4Praise Him that He gave the rain
- To mature the swelling grain;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 5And hath bid the fruitful field
- Crops of precious increase yield;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 6Praise Him for our harvest store,
- He hath filled the garner floor;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 7And for richer food than this,
- Pledge of everlasting bliss;
- For His mercies still endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
- 8Glory to our bounteous King,
- Glory let creation sing;
- Glory to the Father, Son,
- And the Spirit, Three in One!
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 Praise, O Praise Our God and King page.
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