Welcome (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-02). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All seven stanzas included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-02). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All seven stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Welcome
First Line: Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Joseph Hart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 87. 87. 47 (Holden)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in The Paslmodist's Assistant, 1806, p. 100. Words by Joseph Hart, 1759, entitled Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ, with seven stanzas. Hart's hymn has an unusual meter: 87. 87. 12 7, the fifth line consisting of a four-beat phrase repeated three times. This was amended by Augustus Toplady in 1776 to 87. 87. 47, the words Holden used.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched.