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:'''Edition notes:''' This edition as arranged by James C. Lowry in ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1820; shape notes (4-shape) as in Lowry's arrangement. The second staff with Bass clef in original; converted to treble clef and moved up one octave. The first four stanzas as in ''Kentucky Harmony'', the last four stanzas from Smith and Sleep's ''Divine Hymns'', 1794. | :'''Edition notes:''' This edition as arranged by James C. Lowry in ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1820; shape notes (4-shape) as in Lowry's arrangement. The second staff with Bass clef in original; converted to treble clef and moved up one octave. The first four stanzas as in ''Kentucky Harmony'', the last four stanzas from Smith and Sleep's ''Divine Hymns'', 1794. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''The Weary Traveler''<br> | '''Title:''' ''The Weary Traveler''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|Come all you weary travelers}} | |||
{{Composer|James C. Lowry}} | {{Composer|James C. Lowry}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Anonymous}} | {{Lyricist|Anonymous}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|76. 76. D}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Published|1805}} | {{Published|1805}} | ||
'''Description:''' First published in Ingalls' ''Christian Harmony'', 1805, p. 54, without attribution, for three parts, in A minor; arranged by [[James C. Lowry]] in 1820, for four parts, and moving key to F# minor. Words by an anonymous author; the earliest reference I could find was in Smith and Sleep's ''Divine Hymns'', 1794. | '''Description:''' First published in Ingalls' ''Christian Harmony'', 1805, p. 54, without attribution, for three parts, in A minor; arranged by [[James C. Lowry]] in 1820, for four parts, and moving key to F# minor. A "structurally pentatonic melody in Aeolian mode" (Music 2005). Entitled ''Pilgrim'' in some later editions. Words by an anonymous author (Music 2005); the earliest reference I could find was in Smith and Sleep's ''Divine Hymns'', 1794. | ||
'''References:''' | |||
*Music, David W. 2005. ''A Selection of Shape-note Folk Hymns: From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61''. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 172 pp. | |||
*Smith, Joshua, and Samuel Sleep. 1794. ''Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs, for the Use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians''. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: John Melcher. 158+ pp. | |||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
:'''Smith and Sleep, 1794''' | |||
1. Come all ye weary travelers, | |||
Now let us join and sing | |||
The everlasting praises | |||
Of Jesus our great King. | |||
We've had a tedious journey, | |||
And tiresome 'tis true ; | |||
But see how many dangers | |||
The Lord has brought us through, | |||
2. At first when Jesus found us, | |||
He called us unto him, | |||
And pointed out the danger | |||
Of falling into sin. | |||
The world, the flesh, and Satan | |||
Would prove a fatal snare, | |||
Unless we did reject them | |||
By faith and humble prayer. | |||
3. But by our disobedience | |||
With sorrow we confess. | |||
We've had long to wander. | |||
In a dark wilderness; | |||
Where we might long have fainted | |||
In that enchanted ground, | |||
But now and then a cluster | |||
Of pleasant grapes we found. | |||
4. The pleasant fruits of Canaan | |||
Give life and joy and peace; | |||
Revive our drooping spirits, | |||
And love and strength increase; | |||
To confess our Lord and Master, | |||
And run at his command, | |||
And hasten on our journey | |||
Unto the promised land. | |||
5. With faith, and hope, and patience | |||
We're made for to rejoice, | |||
And Jesus and his people | |||
Forever are our choice, | |||
In peace and consolation | |||
We now are going on | |||
The pleasing road to Canaan, | |||
Where Jesus Christ is gone. | |||
6 Sinners, why stand ye idle, | |||
While we do march along , | |||
Has conscience never told you | |||
That you are going wrong, | |||
Down the broad road to darkness, | |||
To bear an endless curse; | |||
Forsake your ways of sinning, | |||
And come and go with us. | |||
7. But if you will refuse it, | |||
We bid you all farewell; | |||
We're on the road to Canaan, | |||
And you the road to hell; | |||
We're sorry for to leave you, | |||
We'd rather you would go | |||
Come try a bleeding Savior | |||
And see the waters flow. | |||
8. Now to the King immortal | |||
Be everlasting praise, | |||
For in his holy service | |||
We long to spend our days, | |||
Till we arrive at Canaan, | |||
The celestial world above, | |||
With everlasting wonder | |||
To praise redeeming love.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
:'''Kentucky Harmony Suppl., 1820 | |||
1. Come all '''you''' weary travelers, | |||
'''Come''' let us join and sing | |||
The everlasting praises | |||
Of '''our exalted''' King. | |||
We've had a tedious journey, | |||
And tiresome '''it is''' true ; | |||
But see how many dangers | |||
The Lord has brought us through, | |||
2. At first when Jesus found us, | |||
He called us unto him, | |||
And pointed out the danger | |||
Of falling into sin. | |||
The world, the flesh, and Satan | |||
Would prove a fatal snare, | |||
'''Until''' we '''do resist''' them | |||
By faith and '''fervent''' prayer. | |||
3. But by our disobedience | |||
With sorrow we confess. | |||
We've had '''too''' long to wander. | |||
In '''this''' dark wilderness; | |||
Where we might '''soon''' have fainted | |||
In that enchanted ground, | |||
'''But Jesus interposed,''' | |||
'''And''' pleasant '''fruits''' we found. | |||
4. '''Gracious foretastes of heaven''' | |||
Give life and '''health''' and peace; | |||
'''Revives''' our drooping spirits, | |||
'''Our faith and''' love increase; | |||
'''Confessing Christ''' our Master, | |||
'''Obeying''' his command, | |||
'''We''' hasten on our journey | |||
Unto the promised land.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
}} | |||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-01-22). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: This edition as arranged by James C. Lowry in Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, 1820; shape notes (4-shape) as in Lowry's arrangement. The second staff with Bass clef in original; converted to treble clef and moved up one octave. The first four stanzas as in Kentucky Harmony, the last four stanzas from Smith and Sleep's Divine Hymns, 1794.
General Information
Title: The Weary Traveler
First Line: Come all you weary travelers
Composer: James C. Lowry
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Ingalls' Christian Harmony, 1805, p. 54, without attribution, for three parts, in A minor; arranged by James C. Lowry in 1820, for four parts, and moving key to F# minor. A "structurally pentatonic melody in Aeolian mode" (Music 2005). Entitled Pilgrim in some later editions. Words by an anonymous author (Music 2005); the earliest reference I could find was in Smith and Sleep's Divine Hymns, 1794.
References:
- Music, David W. 2005. A Selection of Shape-note Folk Hymns: From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 172 pp.
- Smith, Joshua, and Samuel Sleep. 1794. Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs, for the Use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: John Melcher. 158+ pp.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text Smith and Sleep, 1794 |
Kentucky Harmony Suppl., 1820 |
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