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Free same-meter accompaniment for Safety in Union (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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 ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep,
- To Thee for help we fly;
- Thy little flock in safety keep;
- For O! the wolf is nigh.
- 2Us into Thy protection take,
- And gather with Thy arm;
- Unless the fold we first forsake
- The wolf can never harm.
- 3We laugh to scorn his cruel power,
- While by our Shepherd's side;
- The sheep he never can devour,
- Unless he first divide.
- 4O do not suffer him to part
- The souls that here agree;
- But make us of one mind and heart,
- And keep us one in Thee!
- 5Together let us sweetly live,
- Together let us die;
- And each a starry crown receive,
- And reign above the sky.
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 Safety in Union page.
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