King's Lynn (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
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CPDL #15486: NWC Sibelius4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-21). Score information: A4, 1 page, 28 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 28 KB, 2nd PDF: 25 KB, MIDI: 3 KB, NWC: 2 KB, Sib4: 31 KB.
General Information
Title: King's Lynn
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Tune: King’s Lynn, traditional English melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams in The English Hymnal, London: Oxford University Press, 1906; Lyrics: Gilbert K. Chesterton, in the Commonwealth, 1906.
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Cyber Hymnal entry for hymn tune "King's Lynn":
Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry,
- Our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die;
- The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide;
- Take not Thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.
- 2.
- From all that terror teaches, from lies of tongue and pen,
- From all the easy speeches that comfort cruel men;
- From sale and profanation of honor and the sword;
- From sleep and from damnation, deliver us, good Lord!
- 3.
- Tie in a living tether, the prince and priest and thrall;
- Bind all our lives together, smite us and save us all;
- In ire and exultation aflame with faith and free,
- Lift up a living nation, a single sword to Thee.
Lyrics: Gilbert K. Chesterton, in the Commonwealth, 1906.