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Free same-meter accompaniment for Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord (Edwin Hodder): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune KINGSFOLD (English) in four-part harmony, 3 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 KINGSFOLD (English), a Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Thy Word is like a garden, Lord,
- With flowers bright and fair;
- And ev'ry one who seeks may pluck
- A lovely cluster there.
- Thy Word is like a deep, deep mine;
- And jewels rich and rare
- Are hidden in the mighty depths
- For ev'ry searcher there.
- 2Thy Word is like a starry host;
- A thousand rays of light
- Are seen to guide the traveler,
- And make his pathway bright.
- Thy Word is like an armory,
- Where soldiers may repair,
- And find, for life's long battle-day,
- All needful weapons there.
- 3O may I love Thy precious Word:
- May I explore the mine,
- May I its fragrant flowers glean,
- May light upon me shine!
- O may I find my armor there:
- Thy Word my trusty sword,
- I'll learn to fight with ev'ry foe
- The battle of the Lord.
About this music
KINGSFOLD — English. Text: Anthony Robertson, 2010. Music: 'Kingsfold' traditional English. Setting: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from The English Hymnal, 1906, Hymn 574.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord page.
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