Queen Street (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-03). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-03). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Queen Street
First Line: O clap your hands and shout for joy
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Perez Morton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 50. Words by Perez Morton, Only one stanza known.
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Original text and translations
English text
O clap your hands and shout for joy,
With triumph and with mirth,
Because the Lord is terrible
And King of all the earth.
God has ascended with a shout
And with the trumpet's sound;
O sing His praises evermore,
And let His name resound.