Hymn tune
DARWALL'S 148TH
DARWALL'S 148TH is a hymn tune in 6.6.6.6.8.8, composed by John Darwall (died 1789) (1770). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.
17 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from 'Common Service Book with Hymnal', ULCA 1918 Hymn 68. Lyrics from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1931 Hymn 11.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to DARWALL'S 148TH, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Other texts in the same meter
- The Jubilee — Blow ye the trumpet, blow
- Arise, My Soul, Arise — Arise, my soul, arise,
- Rejoice, the Lord is King!
- Welcome, Delightful Morn — Welcome, delightful morn,
- Join All the Glorious Names — Join all the glorious names
- Hushed Was the Evening Hymn — Hushed was the evening hymn,
- Pleading the Promise — O Thou that hearest prayer,
- A Song of Praise to Christ — Come, every pious heart,
- Christ is our corner-stone — Christ is our Cornerstone,
- Proclaiming the Universal Savior — Let earth and heaven agree,
- Joyful Homage — Awake, ye saints, awake!
- Yet There Is Room — Ye dying sons of men,