Hymn tune
OLD 137TH
OLD 137TH is a hymn tune in Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D), credited to 1563 from Day's Psalter (1563). 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.
12 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 "The Holy Year", 1865 Hymn 9. words from the same source. The only change is that the original reads Come blessed Jesu (not Jesus) at the end of each verse). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to OLD 137TH, 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
- 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
- Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old — Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old,
- 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,