Caledonia (Samuel Babcock)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-13). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza (5) added from Cowper's hymn, the only other stanza that fits the music.
General Information
Title: Caledonia
First Line: I will praise thee every day
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: William Cowper
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, 1795, pp. 29-31. Words by William Cowper, 1759, entitled O Lord, I will praise thee!, based on Isaiah chapter 12, in five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text I will praise thee every day |
Jesus is become at length |
Raise again the joyful sound, |