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• CPDL #03551:    Finale 2001 

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2002-04-23).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Edition based on the third edition of The Singing Master's Assistant (1781).

General Information

Title: Lord, when thou didst ascend on high
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Washington
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1778

Description: This tune was first published in the first edition of William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). Hymn Tune Index tune number 4031.

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Original text and translations

English text

Lord, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky.
Those heavenly guards around thee wait
Like chariots that attend thy state.