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:'''Edition notes:''' Transcribed from "The Singing Master's Assistant"


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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{Text|English|
:Now shall my inward joy arise,
:Now shall my inward joys arise,
:And burst into a song;
:And burst into a song;
:Almighty Love inspires my heart;
:Almighty love inspires my heart;
:and Pleasure tunes my tongue.}}
:And pleasure tunes my tongue.
:
:God on his thirsty Zion hill
:Some mercy drops has thrown,
:And solemn oaths have bound his love
:To shower salvation down.
:
:Why do we then indulge our fears,
:Suspicions, and complaints?
:Is he a God, and shall his grace
:Grow weary of his saints?
:
:Can a kind woman e'er forget
:The infant of her womb?
:And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts
:Her suckling have no room?
 
:"Yet," saith the Lord, "should nature change,
:And mothers monsters prove,
:Zion still dwells upon the heart
:Of everlasting love.
 
:"Deep on the palms of both my hands
:I have engraved her name;
:My hands shall raise her ruined walls,
:And build her broken frame."
 
}}


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  • (Posted 2016-09-20)  CPDL #41169:   
Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-20).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Transcribed from "The Singing Master's Assistant"
Editor: Stuart Lauters (submitted 2003-03-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 98 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-06).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Africa
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. –1781

Description: The Singing Master's Assistant, 3rd ed. (1781)

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart;
And pleasure tunes my tongue.


God on his thirsty Zion hill
Some mercy drops has thrown,
And solemn oaths have bound his love
To shower salvation down.


Why do we then indulge our fears,
Suspicions, and complaints?
Is he a God, and shall his grace
Grow weary of his saints?


Can a kind woman e'er forget
The infant of her womb?
And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts
Her suckling have no room?

"Yet," saith the Lord, "should nature change,
And mothers monsters prove,
Zion still dwells upon the heart
Of everlasting love.

"Deep on the palms of both my hands
I have engraved her name;
My hands shall raise her ruined walls,
And build her broken frame."