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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2015-02-21}} {{CPDLno|34628}} [[Media:MendomBillings1781a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:MendomBillings1781a.mxl|{{XML}}]]
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{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-02-21}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|67}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-02-21}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|67}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape).
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*{{CPDLno|15669}} [http://www.mrlauer.org/music/work/billings/mendom/ {{net}}]
*{{PostedDate|2007-12-14}} {{CPDLno|15669}} [http://www.mrlauer.org/music/work/billings/mendom/ {{net}}]
{{Editor|Michael Lauer|2007-12-14}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|70}}{{Copy|Personal}}
{{Editor|Michael Lauer|2007-12-14}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|70}}{{Copy|Personal}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Mendom''<br>
{{Title|''Mendom''}}
{{FirstLine| My Redeemer, let me be}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|James Relly}}
{{Lyricist|James Relly}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|76. 76. 78. 76}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' 1781
{{Pub|1|1781|in ''[[The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (William Billings)|The Psalm-Singer's Amusement]]'', revised in ''[[The Suffolk Harmony (William Billings)|The Suffolk Harmony]]'',{{PubRev|1786}}}}


'''Description:''' First published in ''The Psalm-Singer's Amusement'', 1781, p. 53. Revised by Billings in 1786. Words by [[James Relly]], 1758, his Hymn 17 of Part 2.  
'''Description:''' First published in ''The Psalm-Singer's Amusement'', 1781, p. 53. Revised by Billings in 1786. Words by [[James Relly]], 1758, his Hymn 17 of Part 2.


'''External websites:''' http://www.mrlauer.org/music/
'''External websites:''' http://www.mrlauer.org/music/


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{Text|English|
My Redeemer, let me be
Quite happy at thy feet;
Still to know myself and thee,
Be this my bitter sweet:
Look upon my infant state,
And with a father’s yearning bless;
Don’t thy ransom’d child forget,
Nor leave me in distress.}}
{{middle|4}}


{{Text|English}}
{{Text|Simple|
<poem>
My Redeemer, let me be
Quite happy at thy feet;
Still to know myself and thee,
Be this my bitter sweet:
Look upon my infant state,
And with a father’s yearning bless;
Don’t thy ransom’d child forget,
Nor leave me in distress.
 
I have foolishly abused
I have foolishly abused
My Saviour's bleeding love;
My Saviour's bleeding love;
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Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Yet shall justice plead for me,
Yet shall justice plead for me,
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.}}
{{middle|4}}


{{Text|Simple|
Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord,
Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord,
Shall cheer my drooping Heart;
Shall cheer my drooping Heart;
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Of all Thy sorrows, blood and sweat,
Of all Thy sorrows, blood and sweat,
Passing on, through every Wound,
Passing on, through every Wound,
Unto Thy mercy seat.
Unto Thy mercy seat.}}
{{middle|4}}


{{Text|Simple|
There, reclining on thy breast,
There, reclining on thy breast,
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
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And be like Him forever pure,
And be like Him forever pure,
At the heavenly jubilee,
At the heavenly jubilee,
This bliss to me is sure.
This bliss to me is sure.}}
</poem>
{{bottom}}


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[[Category:Classical music]]

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General Information

Title: Mendom
First Line: My Redeemer, let me be
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: James Relly

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 76. 76. 78. 76

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1781 in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, revised in The Suffolk Harmony, 1786

Description: First published in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1781, p. 53. Revised by Billings in 1786. Words by James Relly, 1758, his Hymn 17 of Part 2.

External websites: http://www.mrlauer.org/music/

Original text and translations

English.png English text

My Redeemer, let me be
Quite happy at thy feet;
Still to know myself and thee,
Be this my bitter sweet:
Look upon my infant state,
And with a father’s yearning bless;
Don’t thy ransom’d child forget,
Nor leave me in distress.

 

I have foolishly abused
My Saviour's bleeding love;
All Thy gifts, my God, misused,
When by temptation drove :
Justly I deserved to be
Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Yet shall justice plead for me,
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.

 

Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord,
Shall cheer my drooping Heart;
I'm instructed in Thy word,
That Thou unchanging art:
Draw me to the depth profound
Of all Thy sorrows, blood and sweat,
Passing on, through every Wound,
Unto Thy mercy seat.

 

There, reclining on thy breast,
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
Proving in Thee perfect Rest
To my poor laboring mind;
Waiting till my Lord I see,
And be like Him forever pure,
At the heavenly jubilee,
This bliss to me is sure.