Wash me throughly (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• (Posted 2025-05-02)  CPDL #84723:   

Editor: Karol Jaworski (submitted 2025-05-02).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 118 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2014-06-24)  CPDL #32318:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-06-24).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 101 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised files uploaded 10/06/18.

• (Posted 2003-10-12)  CPDL #05663:     

Editor: Douglas Brooks-Davies (submitted 2003-10-12).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 432 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 1999-05-13)  CPDL #00434:         

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 1999-05-13).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 381 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Wash me throughly
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1933 in The Church Anthem Book, no. 95
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• 1970 YouTube performance (Guildford Cathedral Choir) - Barry Rose

Original text and translations

English text

Wash me throughly from my wickedness,
and forgive me all my sin.
For I acknowledge my faults,
and my sin is ever before me.

Psalm 51.2–3, in an unidentified translation.