Complainer (William Walker)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-03). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 48 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1835. Five stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Complainer
First Line: I am a great complainer
Composer: William Walker
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This tune was also arranged by William Hauser in 1848. This is in The Sacred Harp, p. 141, 1844 to the present, in three parts until the 1911 edition, when William Walker's Alto was added. Words by an unknown author, apparently first published in Southern Harmony, 1835, with five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. I am a great complainer, |
3. I wish it was with me now |
5. I read that peace and happiness |