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O Lord, our fathers oft have told (William Billings)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-09-13). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Scorch and PDF options available.
General Information
Title: O Lord, our fathers oft have told
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1794
Description: An anthem for Thanksgiving from Continental Harmony, pub. 1794.
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Original text and translations
English text
- O Lord, our fathers oft have told in our attentive ears,
- The wonders in their days performed and elder times than theirs.
- How Thou to plant them here did'st drive the Heathen from this land,
- Dispeopled by repeated strokes of thy avenging hand.
