Hymn tune
KINGSFOLD
KINGSFOLD is a hymn tune in Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D), credited to English. 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.
In this library it is the tune for 1 hymn, listed below, and 11 more texts in the same 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 English Hymnal, 1906, Hymn 574.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to KINGSFOLD, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to KINGSFOLD
Other texts in the same meter
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say — I heard the voice of Jesus say,
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear — It came upon the midnight clear,
- O Little Town of Bethlehem — O little town of Bethlehem!
- The Son of God goes forth to war — The Son of God goes forth to war,
- I sing th'almighty power of God — I sing th' almighty pow'r of God,
- Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above — Come, let us join our friends above,
- The Half Has Never Yet Been Told — I know I love Thee better, Lord,
- The Shadows of the Evening Hours — The shadows of the evening hours
- Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord — Thy Word is like a garden, Lord,
- I've Found the Pearl of Greatest Price! — I've found the pearl of greatest price!
- The roseate hues of early dawn — The roseate hues of early dawn,