Jerusalem (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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  • (Posted 2021-02-21)  CPDL #63096:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-02-21).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn with melody and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
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Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-02-21).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 330 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.
  • (Posted 2007-11-11)  CPDL #15380:         
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-11).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Unison with Organ in English from the Cyber Hymnal.
  • (Posted 2003-05-20)  CPDL #05109:         
Editor: Angelo Dias (submitted 2003-05-20).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 220 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Version in Portuguese, arranged by Angelo Dias.
  • (Posted 2003-05-20)  CPDL #05108:         
Editor: Angelo Dias (submitted 2003-05-20).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 212 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Version in English, arranged by Angelo Dias.
  • (Posted 1999-07-15)  CPDL #00333:   
Editor: Peter Wright (submitted 1999-07-15).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 28 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Unison voices only, no accompaniment.

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  • (Posted 2014-08-30)  CPDL #32824:  Network.png Icon_mp3_globe.gif
Editor: J. Ashley Hall (submitted 2014-08-30).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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  • (Posted 2011-03-20)  CPDL #23281:       
Editor: Michael Winikoff (submitted 2011-03-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged by Michael Winikoff. SATB a cappella arrangement.

General Information

Title: Jerusalem
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: William Blake

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: Unison
Genre: SecularArt song   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1916 by J. Curwen and Co. in London
    2nd published: 1922 – orchestrated by Edward Elgar
    3rd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 294
Description: Op. 208, originally for unison choir with piano accompaniment. Parry wrote an orchestral arrangement in 1918, and Edward Elgar arranged it for orchestra in 1922. A secular song sometimes treated as a hymn.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1.
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the Holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark satanic mills?

2.
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.