WHITTLE

WHITTLE is a hymn tune in 10.10.10.10 D, composed by May Whittle Moody (1870–1963) (1893). 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.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "Tabernacle Hymns Number 2", 1921 Hymn 89. Lyrics source: Jonathan: And Other Poems By D. W. Whittle, 1900). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to WHITTLE, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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