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'''Description:''' This tune was arranged by [[Jerusalem (William Walker)|William Walker]] in ''Southern Harmony'' with different words (''Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone'' ) and for three parts; Walker added a fourth part in 1867.  Walker's three-part arrangement was reprinted in ''[[The Sacred Harp (1844)|The Sacred Harp]]'', p. 53, from 1844 to the present; Walker's Alto part was included in the 1911 edition and following. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], from ''[[Horae Lyricae (Isaac Watts)|Horae Lyricae]]'', 1706, poem entitled ''Longing for His Return'', with five stanzas. Moore used the fifth stanza in his composition.  Odd that a tune called ''Wesley'' was originally written for words by neither Charles nor John Wesley.
'''Description:''' This tune was arranged by [[Jerusalem (William Walker)|William Walker]] in ''Southern Harmony'' with different words (''Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone'' ) and for three parts; Walker added a fourth part in 1867.  Walker's three-part arrangement was reprinted in ''[[The Sacred Harp (1844)|The Sacred Harp]]'', p. 53, from 1844 to the present; Walker's Alto part was included in the 1911 edition and following.}}
 
'''Description:''' Words by [[Isaac Watts]], from ''[[Horae Lyricae (Isaac Watts)|Horae Lyricae]]'', 1706, poem entitled ''Longing for His Return'', with five stanzas. Moore used the fifth stanza in his composition.  Odd that a tune called ''Wesley'' was originally written for words by neither Charles nor John Wesley.


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  • (Posted 2018-06-27)  CPDL #50316:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-27).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1810 and 1825. Transcribed from Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Wesley
First Line: With inward pain my heart-strings sound
Composer: William Moore
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: This tune was arranged by William Walker in Southern Harmony with different words (Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone ) and for three parts; Walker added a fourth part in 1867. Walker's three-part arrangement was reprinted in The Sacred Harp, p. 53, from 1844 to the present; Walker's Alto part was included in the 1911 edition and following.}}

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, from Horae Lyricae, 1706, poem entitled Longing for His Return, with five stanzas. Moore used the fifth stanza in his composition. Odd that a tune called Wesley was originally written for words by neither Charles nor John Wesley.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O twas a mournful parting day.