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==General Information==
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  • (Posted 2015-03-01)  CPDL #34689:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-01).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Transcribed from revised 1786 version.
  • (Posted 2015-03-01)  CPDL #34690:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-01).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Crucifixion
First Line: Mourn, mourn, ye saints
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1779

Description: First published in Music in Miniature, 1779. Considerably revised in 1786 in a eight-page separate, bound with copies of The Suffolk Harmony. Words by an unknown author.

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Original text and translations

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Mourn, mourn, ye saints,
As if you see,
Your Savior dear nailed to the tree.
A bitter death He did endure,
To save the souls of men secure.