Nantucket (William Billings)
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CPDL #34156:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 31 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
CPDL #34157:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-06). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Nantucket
First Line: How beauteous are their feet
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1770
Description: Published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 2, with words specified as "Hymn 5, S. M." Hymn 5 in the Appendix (Kneeland and Adams 1765) translates to Isaac Watts' Hymn 10 of Book 1 (1709). See Kroeger (1981).
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References:
- Kneeland, J., and S. Adams, Editors. 1765. A new version of the Psalms of David, 276 pp. Appendix, containing a number of hymns..., 84 pp.
Original text and translations
English text
How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion's hill!
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!
"Zion, behold thy Savior King;
He reigns and triumphs here."
How happy are our ears
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!
How blessed are our eyes
That see this heav'nly light
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.
The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.
The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad;
Let every nation now behold
Their Savior and their God!