Solemn Thought (James P. Carrell)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-07). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads converted to oval shapes. All five stanzas included from Carrell's 1821 book. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-07). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published in 1821. All five stanzas included from Carrell's 1821 book.
General Information
Title: Solemn Thought
First Line: Remember, sinful youth, you must die
Composer: James P. Carrell
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 99. 669
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Songs of Zion, 1821, p. 37. Perhaps this is an arrangement by Carrell of an older folk hymn. Words by an anonymous author, five stanzas printed in Carrell's 1821 book. Southern Harmony, 1835, No. 28, is a three-part reduction of the above.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Remember, sinful youth, you must die, |
3. The God that built the sky, great I Am, |
5. But to the Savior flee, 'scape for life, |