JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT

JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT is a hymn tune in 8.8.8.4.8, composed by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887). 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.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913 Hymn 481 Lyrics source: "Hymns from the Land of Luther", 1858 Hymn 54). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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