Hymn tune
WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY
WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY is a hymn tune in 7.7.7.6, composed by William Henry Monk (born 1823) (1889). 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.
2 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 Episcopal Hymnal, 1916, Hymn 164.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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