I don't know what tune Ms. Postern used (or wrote), but I have in my files a xerox from Christian Harmony, 1805, which has words, tune, and two harmony parts for this song. I got the book, which is an exact duplicate of the original, from my public library. Or maybe I should say "pvblic library."

The first words are:

The tree of life my foul has feen...

The tune is jollier than the tune on the site which Masato found. It also does not repeat the first two lines. Rather, the refrain turns into a canon.

I believe that the intro to the book said that the tune would have been around before Joshua put the words to it.


I would post the tune, but I've lost the second page.