New-Union (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Published in 1803 with the first stanza; five more stanzas added below, selected from among the fourteen in Smith and Jones 1804.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-22). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Published in 1803 with the first stanza; five more stanzas added below, selected from among the fourteen in Smith and Jones 1804.
General Information
Title: New-Union
First Line: Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 887
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1803 in The Charlestown Collection, p. 39
Description: Lyrics by an unknown author. "No printed source for this anonymous hymn has been located that predates Holden's first publication of the tune in The Charlestown Collection. The earliest known source for the entire text is [Smith and] Jones' hymnal, published the following year" (Music 1998).
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Original text and translations
English text 1 Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell |
6 I wonder why old saints don't sing, |
11 When we recount life's dangers o'er, |