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(Posted 2018-12-02) CPDL #52488 :
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-12-02 ) . Score information: A4, 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.
General Information
Title: There is no name so sweet on earth
Tune: The blessed Name
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: George Washington Bethune
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred , Hymn Meter: 87. 87. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes , no. 156, p. 92
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Original text and translations
English text
1 There is no name so sweet on earth,
no name so sweet in heaven,
the name before his wondrous birth
to Christ the Saviour given.
Refrain:
We love to sing around our King,
and hail him blessed Jesus;
for there's no word ear ever heard
so dear, so sweet as "Jesus."
2 And when he hung upon the tree,
they wrote this name above him;
that all might see the reason we
forevermore must love him. [Refrain]
3 So now, upon his Father's throne,
almighty to release us
from sin and pains, he gladly reigns,
the Prince and Saviour Jesus. [Refrain]
4 To Jesus ev'ry knee shall bow,
and ev'ry tongue confess him,
and we unite with saints in light,
our only Lord to bless him. [Refrain]
5 O Jesus, by that matchless name,
your grace shall fail us never;
today as yesterday the same,
you art the same forever. [Refrain]