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==General Information==
'''Short Title:''' The Singing Master's Assistant

'''Full Title:''' The Singing Master's Assistant, or Key to Practical Music, Being [an] Abridgment from the New-England Psalm-Singer; Together with Several Other Tunes, Never Before Published.

'''Editor - Composer:''' [[William Billings]]

{{PubDatePlace|1778|Boston. Massachusetts: Drafer and Folsom. 104 pp.|&nbsp;}}
{{Descr|William Billings' second book, consisting entirely of his own compositions.}}
==External Links==

==References==

==Contents==
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|1||1||3999a||[[Aurora (William Billings)|Aurora or Morning Hymn]]||||Awake, my soul, awake||C||S.M.||3:2||4||
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|2||2||3366||[[Boston (William Billings)|Boston]]||William Billings||Methinks I see a heavenly host||B ||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|3||3a||3384||[[Duxborough (William Billings)|Duxborough]]||Isaac Watts||In vain the wealthy mortals toil||e||L.M.||4:4||4||
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|4||3b||4022||[[Savannah (William Billings)|Savannah]]||George Whitefield||Ah! Lovely appearance of death||c||L.M.||2:2||4||Words by GW
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|5||4a||3357||[[Africa (William Billings)|Africa]]||Isaac Watts||Now shall my inward joy arise||E ||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|6||4b||3370||[[Brookfield (William Billings)|Brookfield]]||Isaac Watts||Twas on that dark, that doleful night||d||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|7||5||3997||[[America (William Billings)|America]]||William Billings||Come let us sing unto the Lord||D||88.88.88.||3:2||4||
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|8||6||4013||[[Judea (William Billings)|Judea]]||William Billings||A virgin unspotted by prophet foretold||F||11 11.11 11||6:4||4||
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|9||7||3360a||[[Amherst (William Billings)|Amherst]]||Tate & Brady||To God the mighty Lord||G||66.66.88.||2:2||4||
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|10||8||4004||[[Brunswick (William Billings)|Brunswick]]||Isaac Watts||Stoop down my thoughts that use to rise||F||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|11||9a||3383||[[Dorchester (William Billings)|Dorchester]]||Isaac Watts||Time, what an empty vapor tis||f ||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|12||9b||4027||[[Sullivan (William Billings)|Sullivan]]||Isaac Watts||Let mortal tongues attempt to sing||D||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|13||10a||3426||[[New South (William Billings)|New South]]||Tate & Brady||To bless thy chosen race||C||S.M.||3:2||4||
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|14||10b||3417||[[Medfield (William Billings)|Medfield]]||Samuel Byles||When I my various blessings see||C||L.M.||3:8||4||
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|15||11||4012||[[Heath (William Billings)|Heath]]||Thomas Flatman||Awake, my soul, awake my eyes||C||L.M.||2:2||4||
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|16||12||3374||[[Chester (William Billings)|Chester]]||William Billings||Let tyrants shake their iron rod||C||L.M.||2:2||4||
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|17||13||3372||[[Cambridge (William Billings)|Cambridge]]||Tate & Brady||Ye that delight to serve the Lord||C||88.88.88.||2:2||4||
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|18||14a||3408||[[Lebanon (William Billings)|Lebanon]]||William Billings||Death, with his warrant in his hand||a||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|19||14b||3414||[[Marblehead (William Billings)|Marblehead]]||Tate & Brady||How vast must their advantage be||G||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|20||15a||3401a||[[New-Hingham (William Billings)|New-Hingham]]||William Billings||Death, O the awful sound||a||S.M.||2:2||4||
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|21||15b||3415||[[Marshfield (William Billings)|Marshfield]]||Tate & Brady||When we our wearied limbs to rest||e||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|22||16a||3400||[[Hebron (William Billings)|Hebron]]||Isaac Watts||My God, my life, my love||d||S.M.||3:2||4||
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|23||16b||3404||[[Hollis Street (William Billings)|Hollis Street]]||Charles Wesley||Ye servants of God, your master proclaim||F||10 10.10 10||3:2||4||
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|24||17a||3445||[[Princetown (William Billings)|Princetown]]||Tate & Brady||Lord, hear the voice of my complaint||d||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|25||17b||3458||[[Suffolk (William Billings)|Suffolk]]||Isaac Watts||Bright King of glory, dreadful God||g||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|26||18||4016||[[Medway (William Billings)|Medway]]||Isaac Watts||Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name||G||C.M.||3:4||4||
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|27||19||4008||[[Consolation (William Billings)|Consolation]]||Henry Playford||He's come, let every knee be bent||E ||C.M.||6:8||4||
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|28||20a||3466||[[Waltham (William Billings)|Waltham]]||Isaac Watts||My Savior and my King||C||S.M.||3:2||4||
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|29||20b||4010||[[Emmaus (William Billings)|Emmaus]]||Perez Morton||When Jesus wept, a falling tear||g||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|30||21||3453a||[[Sappho (William Billings)|Sappho]]||Isaac Watts||When the fierce north wind with his airy forces||C||11 11.11 11.||2:2||4||
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|31||22||||[[David's Lamentation (William Billings)|David's Lamentation]]||||David the king was grieved and moved||a||Anthem||2:4||4||2 Samuel 18:33
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|32||23||4011||[[Halifax (William Billings)|Halifax]]||Isaac Watts||Not to our names, thou only just and true||c||10 10.10 10.10 10.||2:2||4||
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|33||24||3448||[[Pumpily (William Billings)|Pumpily]]||Tate & Brady||Ye boundless realms of joy||C||66.66.88||2:2||4||
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|34||25||4003||[[Bolton (William Billings)|Bolton]]||Charles Wesley||Rejoice, the Lord is King||G||66.66.88.||6:8||4||
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|35||26||||[[Hear my prayer, O Lord, my God (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Hear my prayer, O Lord my God||b||Anthem||3:2||4||Psalm 39
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|36||28||4033||[[Wrentham (William Billings)|Wrentham]]||Isaac Watts||The God of glory sends his summons forth||F||10 10.10 10.10 10.||2:2||4||
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|37||29||2342c||[[Maryland (William Billings)|Maryland]]||Isaac Watts||And must this body die||a||S.M.||2:2||4||
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|38||30||||[[Is any afflicted? (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Is any afflicted, let him pray||g||Anthem||2:2||4||
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|39||32||4023||[[Sharon (William Billings)|Sharon]]||Isaac Watts||How glorious is our heavenly King||G||C.M.||6:4||4||
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|40||33||||[[Lamentation over Boston (William Billings)|Lamentation over Boston]]||William Billings||By the rivers of Watertown||a||Anthem||3:2||4||
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|41||39||4019||[[Phoebus (William Billings)|Phoebus]]||Isaac Watts||Lord, in the moorning thou shalt hear||f ||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|42||40||3998a||[[Ashham (William Billings)|Ashham]]||Isaac Watts||Thou whom my soul admires above||A||L.M.||6:8||4||
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|43||41||3678||[[Exeter (William Billings)|Exeter]]||Isaac Watts||My thoughts on awful subjects roll||f||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|44||42||4025||[[Spain (William Billings)|Spain]]||Isaac Watts||How pleased and blest was I||C||668.668.||2:2||4||
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|45||43||4024||[[Sherburne (William Billings)|Sherburne]]||Isaac Watts||How pleasant tis to see||F||668.668.||2:2||4||
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|46||44||4026a||[[Stockbridge (William Billings)|Stockbridge]]||Isaac Watts||From all that dwell below the skies||F||L.M.||2:2||4||
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|47||46||4021||[[Roxbury (William Billings)|Roxbury]]||Tate & Brady||O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice||D||10 10.11 11.||3:4||4||Psalm 149
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|48||47||4000||[[Baltimore (William Billings)|Baltimore]]||William Billings||Father of mercies, thou||C||664.6664.||6:4||4||
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|49||48||4032||[[Worcester (William Billings)|Worcester]]||Isaac Watts||How short and hasty are our lives||g||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|50||49||4005||[[Chocksett (William Billings)|Chocksett]]||Isaac Watts||Lord of the worlds above||G||66.66.88.||2:2||4||
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|51||50||4020||[[Richmond (William Billings)|Richmond]]||James Relly||My beloved, haste away||a||78.78.78.||6:4||4||
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|52||51||4018a||[[Philadelphia (William Billings)|Philadelphia]]||Tate & Brady||Let differing nations join||D||S.M.D.||3:2||4||
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|53||52||||[[Funeral Anthem (William Billings)|A Funeral Anthem]]||||I heard a great voice from heaven||f||Anthem||3:2||4||Revelation Ch. 14
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|54||54||4028||[[Sunday (William Billings)|Sunday]]||William Billings||Majestic God, when I descry||E ||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|55||55||4029||[[Vermont (William Billings)|Vermont]]||Isaac Watts||In vain we lavish out our lives||e||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|56||56||4006||[[Columbia (William Billings)|Columbia]]||William Billings||Not all the powers on earth||E||66.66.88.||2:2||4||
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|57||57||||[[Sing ye merrily (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Sing ye merrily||C||Anthem||2:2||4||Psalm 81
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|58||62||4030||[[Warren (William Billings)|Warren]]||John Cennick||Children of the heavenly King||G||77.77.||6:8||4||
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|59||63||||[[Gratitude (William Billings)|Gratitude]]||||I love the Lord because he hath heard||C||Anthem||3:4||4||Psalm 118
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|60||67||3425||[[New North (William Billings)|New North]]||Tate & Brady||O praise the Lord with one consent||D||C.M.||4:4||4||
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|61||68||4014||[[Majesty (William Billings)|Majesty]]||[[Old Version]]||The Lord descended from above||F||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|62||69||4002a||[[Bethlehem (William Billings)|Bethlehem]]||Tate & Brady||While shepherds watched their flocks by night||E||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|63||71||4017||[[North Providence (William Billings)|North Providence]]||Isaac Watts||Come let us join our cheerful songs||G||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|64||72||4001||[[Benevolence (William Billings)|Benevolence]]||Tate & Brady||Happy the man whose tender care||F||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|65||73||||[[I am the Rose of Sharon (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||I am the rose of Sharon||A||Anthem||2:4||4||Song of Solomon Ch. 2
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|66||79||4031||[[Washington (William Billings)|Washington]]||Isaac Watts||Lord, when thou didst ascend on high||E||L.M.||2:2||4||
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|67||81||||[[Retrospect (William Billings)|Retrospect]]||||Was not the day dark and gloomy||a||Anthem||2:2||4||
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|68||92||||[[Independence (William Billings)|Independence]]||William Billings||The states, O Lord, with songs of praise||D||Anthem||2:2||4||
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|69||99||4007||[[Connection (William Billings)|Connection]]||Isaac Watts||Great is the Lord our God||E||S.M.||3:4||4||
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|70||100||4009a||[[Dunstable (William Billings)|Dunstable]]||Isaac Watts||With earnest longings of the mind||f ||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|71||102||||[[Jargon (William Billings)|Jargon]]||William Billings||Let horrid jargon split the air||G||87.87.||2:2||4||Secular
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