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- CPDL #15664:
- Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-14). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Lo, he cometh; countless trumpets
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Hopkinton
Lyricist: John Cennick
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1794
Description: Published on p144 of The Continental Harmony (Boston: 1794). While Billings attributes the text to George Whitefield, it is by John Cennick.
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Original text and translations
English text
Lo, He cometh, countless trumpets
blow before the bloody sign,
midst ten thousand saints and angels
see the crucified shine.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
welcome bleeding lamb.