O Lord, our fathers oft have told (William Billings)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (added 2007-09-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages   Copyright: Personal

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Title: O Lord, our fathers oft have told
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
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Published: 1794

Description: An anthem for Thanksgiving from Continental Harmony, pub. 1794.

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Original text and translations

English text

O Lord, our fathers oft have told in our attentive ears,

The wonders in their days performed and elder times than theirs.

How Thou to plant them here did'st drive the Heathen from this land,

Dispeopled by repeated strokes of thy avenging hand.