St. Thomas (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-26). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 116 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Continental Harmony, 1794, pp. 127-129.
- CPDL #17581: Finale 2008
- Editor: Joachim Kelecom (submitted 2008-07-15). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Source file may be opened with Finale 2008 or Notepad 2008.
- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Both source file and pdf contain an error in lyrics (m. 38): Inbelief should be Unbelief.
General Information
Title: St. Thomas
First Line: Methinks I see my Savior dear
Composer: William Billings
Lyricists: William Billings and Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.) (Billings), Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.) × 3 (Watts)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1779
Description: The first 15 measures first published as Calvary in 1779, without words. Considerably revised in 1794, adding 34 measures, retitled as St. Thomas. Words of the first 15 measures apparently by Billings, remainder of words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 95 of Book 2. Billings used his own (C. M.) stanza, adding three of Watts' (C. M.) stanzas; the result is four stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
Methinks I see my Savior dear
On the accursed tree;
Methinks I see his bleeding wounds,
Which he received for me. (William Billings, 1794)
Original text and translations may be found at Infinite grief! Amazing woe.