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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
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<poem>
1. Hail! Sacred Music hail! We offer at thy shrine  
1. Hail! Sacred Music hail! We offer at thy shrine  
One perfect round complete in sound, celestial and divine.
One perfect round complete in sound, celestial and divine.
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3. Great is the Lord our God, His mercy knows no bound;  
3. Great is the Lord our God, His mercy knows no bound;  
Just are his ways, then let His praise Eternally go round.
Just are his ways, then let His praise Eternally go round.}}
</poem>


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Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2000-03-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 27 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Hail! Sacred music, hail!
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Connection

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: The Continental Harmony, 1794

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. Hail! Sacred Music hail! We offer at thy shrine
One perfect round complete in sound, celestial and divine.

2. 'Tis by Thy Heav'nly aid in one majestic sound,
We celebrate Jehovah's state, in one eternal round.

3. Great is the Lord our God, His mercy knows no bound;
Just are his ways, then let His praise Eternally go round.