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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Heavenly Jerusalem (F. B. P.; David Dickson; Joseph Bromehead): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.

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  1. 1O mother dear, Jerusalem,
  2. When shall I come to thee?
  3. When shall my sorrows have an end?
  4. Thy joys when shall I see?
  5. 2O happy harbour of God's saints!
  6. O sweet and pleasant soil!
  7. In thee no sorrow can be found,
  8. Nor grief, nor care, nor toil.
  9. 3No murky cloud o'ershadows thee,
  10. Nor gloom, nor darksome night;
  11. But every soul shines as the sun;
  12. For God Himself gives light.
  13. 4O my sweet home, Jerusalem,
  14. Thy joys when shall I see?
  15. The King that sitteth on thy throne
  16. In His felicity?
  17. 5Thy gardens and thy godly walks
  18. Continually are green,
  19. Where grow such sweet and pleasant flowers
  20. As nowhere else are seen.
  21. 6Right through thy streets, with silver sound,
  22. The living waters flow,
  23. And on the banks, on either side,
  24. The trees of life do grow.
  25. 7Those trees for evermore bear fruit,
  26. And evermore do spring:
  27. There evermore the angels are,
  28. And evermore do sing.
  29. 8Jerusalem, my happy home,
  30. Would God I were in thee!
  31. Would God my woes were at an end,
  32. Thy joys that I might see!

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 The Heavenly Jerusalem page.

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