Cranbrook (Thomas Clark)

${\key d \major d4 a8. b16 a8 (g) fis (e) | d4. a'8 d (cis) b (a) | b (a) g (fis) fis4 (e4) | }$ ${\key d \major \bar "|:" a a8. b16 cis8 a b cis | d2 r2 | e4 e8. d16 cis8 e e, gis | a4 r8 a8 d8. d16 d8 a | }$ ${\key d \major d4 r8 e8 fis8. fis16 fis8 e8 | fis4 r8 fis e4 d | d cis d2 \bar ":|"}$

Hymn tune by Thomas Clark.

Meter: 66. 86 (Short meter), 86. 86 (Common meter)

General information

Cranbrook was first published on pages 20-21 of Thomas Clark's A Set of Psalm & Hymn Tunes [1805], as a setting of Philip Doddridge's Short Meter text 'Grace, 'tis a charming sound'. It was later adapted for use as a Common Meter tune, with texts such as 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' and 'On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at', by removing the slurs from the first line.