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Thread #150113 Message #3496095
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
28-Mar-13 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Germany - nice for Easter
Subject: Tune Add: Germany - nice for Easter
I've been whiling away the hours making MIDI files of an 1805 hymnal called "Christian Harmony." In this book there's a ripsnorting tune called "Germany." The lyrics are by Isaac Watts, thus:
With all my pow'rs of heart and tongue I'll praise my Maker in my song...
( You can find these lyrics online. It's interesting to think that these words were probably considered really old even in 1805.)
Anyway, I'll ask Joe to post the MIDI of the song, because it would make such a joyful instrumental piece for the Easter season. So watch this spot. I hope you enjoy it.
(There is no other information in the book on the origins of the music.)