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CPDL #34348:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-16).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 31 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

CPDL #34349:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-16).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Cambridge
First Line: Ye that delight to serve the Lord
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1770

Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770. Revised in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, p. 13. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 113 (not in Tate and Brady, as cited by Billings in 1778).

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 113.