Night Thought (Jeremiah Ingalls)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-29). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 90 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1805. Six more pairs of stanzas added, from the text printed in Ingalls (1805). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 91 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Six more pairs of stanzas added, from the text printed in Ingalls (1805).
General Information
Title: Night Thought
First Line: How can I sleep, when angels sing
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Ingalls' The Christian Harmony, 1805, pp. 165-166. A folk hymn, based in part on an old English song, The Death of Robin Hood (Jackson 1953b, no. 65). Words by an unknown author, apparently first published in Ingalls' book in 1805, with 14 stanzas. Ingalls used first two stanzas in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. How can I sleep, when angels sing, |
5. For I, of all the race. that fell, |
9. With me O heaven and earth admire, |
13. Such glories bind my soul to him. |