Hebron (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-08-13)  CPDL #32689:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

• (Posted 2014-05-03)  CPDL #31828:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-03).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 23 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Music as in 1778, note shapes added (4-shape). Stanzas 2-3 added from Isaac Watts 1719 Hymn 93.

General Information

Title: Hebron
First Line: My God, my life, my love
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his Hymn 93. Billings set the same words to different music, Wareham, in 1781.

Original text and translations

English text

My God, my life, my love!
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if thou remove,
For Thou art all in all.

Nor earth, nor all the sky,
Can one delight afford,
No, not a drop of real joy,
Without Thy presence, Lord.

Thou art the sea of love
Where all my pleasures roll,
The circle where my passions move,
And center of my soul.