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*{{PostedDate|2015-11-16}} {{CPDLno|37549}} [{{filepath:ChildsRequestEdson1782a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | *{{PostedDate|2015-11-16}} {{CPDLno|37549}} [{{filepath:ChildsRequestEdson1782a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-11-16}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|62}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-11-16}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|62}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). All | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). All nine stanzas included. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''The Child's Request''<br> | '''Title:''' ''The Child's Request''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' Thou giver of my life and joy<br> | |||
{{Composer|Lewis Edson}} | {{Composer|Lewis Edson}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Anonymous}} | {{Lyricist|Anonymous}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
'''Published:''' 1782 | '''Published:''' 1782 | ||
'''Description:''' First published in ''The Chorister's Companion'', 1782, Supplement p. 24. Words by an anonymous author, listed in ''The Chorister's Companion'' in | '''Description:''' First published in ''The Chorister's Companion'', 1782, Supplement p. 24. Words by an anonymous author, listed in ''The Chorister's Companion'' in nine stanzas. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
1. Thou giver of my life and joy | |||
Let songs to thee my tongue employ. | |||
While immature this feeble frame, | |||
Teach me to lisp thy sacred name. | |||
2. May my fond genius, as I rise, | |||
Seek the fair fount where knowledge lies. | |||
On wings sublime trace heaven's abode, | |||
And learn my duty to my God. | |||
3. From low pursuits exalt my mind – | |||
From every vice of every kind. | |||
Nor let my conduct ever tend | |||
To wound the feelings of a friend.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. Though golden flowers my path should grace, | |||
And joys salute me as I pass, | |||
Yet may my generous bosom know, | |||
And learn to feel another's woe. | |||
5. If providence should lend me wealth, | |||
And joys increased by peace and health, | |||
Yet may I ne'er despise the poor, | |||
Nor send them begging from my door. | |||
6. If poverty, with stern command, | |||
Should grasp me in her iron hand, | |||
In my distress, may I receive | |||
That kind relief I'd wish to give.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
7 An ardent love for sacred truth, | |||
Employ my infancy and youth, | |||
Live in my life through every stage, | |||
And ripen with my ripening age. | |||
8. When time its hoary frost has shed, | |||
And silvered over by favored head, | |||
May my calm mind reflect intent | |||
On length of days in virtue spent. | |||
9. When death his curtain shall o'er-spread, | |||
And wrap me if his awful shade, | |||
May my blest soul to thee arise, | |||
And triumph in her native skies.}} | |||
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[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-16). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All nine stanzas included.
General Information
Title: The Child's Request
First Line: Thou giver of my life and joy
Composer: Lewis Edson
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1782
Description: First published in The Chorister's Companion, 1782, Supplement p. 24. Words by an anonymous author, listed in The Chorister's Companion in nine stanzas.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text 1. Thou giver of my life and joy |
4. Though golden flowers my path should grace, |
7 An ardent love for sacred truth, |