Lima (Samuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-07-11)  CPDL #40284:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-11).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2016-07-11)  CPDL #40283:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-11).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Lima
First Line: To God the only wise
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition, p. 101
    2nd published: 1803 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 1, no. 0
    3rd published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 100
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 51 of Book 1, in five stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at To God the only wise.