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Play “There Is a Green Hill Far Away”
Free same-meter accompaniment for There Is a Green Hill Far Away (Cecil Frances Alexander): 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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- 1There is a green hill far away,
- Without a city wall,
- Where the dear Lord was crucified
- Who died to save us all.
- 2We may not know, we cannot tell,
- What pains He had to bear
- But we believe it was for us
- He hung and suffered there.
- 3He died that we might be forgiven,
- He died to make us good,
- That we might go at last to heaven,
- Saved by His precious blood.
- 4There was no other good enough
- To pay the price of sin,
- He only could unlock the gate
- Of heaven, and let us in.
- 5O dearly, dearly has He loved!
- And we must love Him too,
- And trust in His redeeming blood,
- And try His works to do.
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 There Is a Green Hill Far Away page.
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