Dorchester (Samuel Babcock)
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- (Posted 2016-05-23) CPDL #39764:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-23). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 81 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other pair of stanzas included from Watts hymn.
General Information
Title: Dorchester
First Line: My God, permit me not to be
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Middlesex Harmony, 1795, pp. 59-60. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 122, Book 2, with four stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at My God, permit me not to be.