New Orleans (Robert Boyd)

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• (Posted 2019-01-09)  CPDL #52863:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-01-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note converted to oval shapes. Three more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' hymn.

• (Posted 2019-01-09)  CPDL #52862:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-01-09).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1817. Three more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: New Orleans
First Line: Why do we mourn departing friends
Composer: Robert Boyd
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1817 in Kentucky Harmony, Edition 2
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 3 of Book 2, with six stanzas. Boyd used the first two stanzas in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Why do we mourn departing friends.