The Southern Harmony

Southern Harmony

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25 Most Popular Hymns

Big Singing Recordings

Sacred Harp Singing Convention Recordings

Recorded by Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson
at the 37th annual session of the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention
at Birmingham, Ala., August 1942.

Ballstown	David’s Lamentation	Edom	Evening Shade	Heavenly Vision
Mear	Mission	Montgomery	Mount Zion	Northfield
Sherburne	Windham	Wondrous Love

Number	Text Title	Tune Title
1	Young people all, attention give	LIVERPOOL
2	Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched	INVITATION
3	Salvation! O the joyful sound!	PRIMROSE
3b	Thou Man of grief, remember me	KEDRON
4	Today, if you will hear his voice	MEDITATION
4b	Come, humble sinner, in whose breast	HANOVER
5	O thou who hear'st when sinners cry	SUPPLICATION
5b	Mercy, O thou Son of David	RESTORATION
6	Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone	MARYSVILLE
6b	Children of the heav'nly King	KING OF PEACE
7	Grace! 'tis a charming sound	NINETY-THIRD PSALM
7b	Did Christ o'er sinner's weep?	WEEPING SAVIOUR
8	Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)	NEW BRITAIN
8b	Lord I cannot let thee go	COOKHAM
9	As on the cross the Saviour hung	THE CONVERTED THIEF
10	Come, we that love the Lord	WEBSTER
10b	Am I a soldier of the cross	ORTONVILLE
11	Jesus my all to heav'n is gone	JERUSALEM
12	How sweet the name of Jesus sounds	SALEM [1]
13	Lord, what is man, poor feeble man	DUBLIN
13b	Sweet is the day of sacred rest	DEVOTION
14	Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell	MINISTER'S FAREWELL
15	O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight	DAVIS
16	Hail the blest morn, see the great Mediator	STAR IN THE EAST
17	Come away to the skies. My beloved, arise	MIDDLEBURY
17b	Once more, my soul, the rising day	CONSOLATION
18	I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ	COMPLAINER
19	The time is swiftly rolling on	HICKS' FAREWELL
19b	Welcome, Welcome, ev'ry guest	CANON
20	How painfully pleasing the fond recollection	THE FAMILY BIBLE
22	O come, loud anthems let us sing	OLD HUNDRED
22b	So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r	DISTRESS
23	Come, ye that love the Lord	ALBION
23b	Mercy, O thou Son of David	CHARLESTOWN
24	The faithless world promiscuous flows	PROSPECT OF HEAVEN
24b	Will God for ever cast us off?	MEAR
25	Saw ye my Saviour	CRUCIFIXION
25b	When shall we all meet again	INDIAN'S FAREWELL
26	I love my blessed Saviour	THE CHRISTIAN
26b	I love my blessed Saviour	CARNSVILLE
27	My soul, repeat his praise	AMERICA
27b	When I can read my title clear	NINETY-FIFTH
28	Afflictions, though they seem severe	TENNESSEE
29	Remember, sinful youth, you must die	SOLEMN THOUGHT
30	Our cheerful voices let us raise	SEPARATION
31	And am I born to die?	IDUMEA
31b	Teach me the measure of my days	SUFFIELD
32	When the midnight cry began	THE MIDNIGHT CRY
33	Though troubles assail, and dangers affright	CONFIDENCE
34	Come, O thou traveller unknown	VERNON
34b	Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand	IMANDRA NEW
35	The cross of Christ inspires my heart	CROSS OF CHRIST
35b	Farewell, my lovely friends, farewell	PARTING FRIENDS
36	Bright scenes of glory strike my sense	THE SOLDIER'S RETURN
37	I find myself placed in a state of probation	THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE
38	My Shepherd will supply my need	RESIGNATION
39	Who is this that comes from far	BOZRAH
39b	From whence does this union arise	UNION
40	Do not I love thee, O my Lord?	DETROIT
40b	No more beneath th' oppressive hand	HAPPINESS
41	The people called Christians	THE SPIRITUAL SAILOR
42	Glorious things of thee are spoken	JEFFERSON
43	Hark! don't you hear the turtle dove	THE TURTLE DOVE
44	While beauty and youth are in their full prime	MORALITY
45	Am I a soldier of the cross	CHRISTIAN SOLDIER [1]
46	The day is past and gone	EVENING SHADE
47	Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings	JUDGMENT
48	Broad is the road that leads to death	WINDHAM
48b	Come, humble sinner, in whose breast	FAIRFIELD
49	How lost was my condition	THE GOOD PHYSICIAN
50	Through all the world below	CAPTAIN KIDD
51	On Jordan's stormy banks I stand	THE PROMISED LAND
52	By Babel's streams we sat and wept	BABEL'S STREAMS
53	O when shall I see Jesus	MUTUAL LOVE
53b	He dies, the Friend of sinners dies	SALEM [2]
54	Oh! may I worthy prove to see	EXHILARATION
55	O, once I had a glorious view	COLUMBUS
56	Come all, who love my Lord and master	REDEEMING GRACE
57	The Chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire	THE TRUMPET
58	Come on, my partners in distress	CONSOLATION NEW
59	O tell me no more of this world's vain store	SWEET HARMONY
60	In seasons of grief to my God	THE ROCK
61	Brethren, don't you hear the sound?	THE MARTIAL TRUMPET
62	Come, little children, now we may	LOUISIANA
63	There is a land of pleasure	LAND OF PLEASURE
64	Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing	OLNEY
65	The watchmen blow the trumpet round	THE WATCHMAN'S CALL
66	Religion is the chief concern	PLEASANT HILL
67	Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord	WASHINGTON
68	No more beneath th' oppressive hand	LIBERTY
69	How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord	SOLICITUDE
70	To leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part	BOWER OF PRAYER
71	How tedious and tasteless the hours	GREEN FIELDS
72	Return, O God of love, return	GEORGIA
72b	Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings	INVOCATION [1]
73	When in death I shall calm recline	LEGACY
74	A few more days on earth to spend	THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE
75	The time is soon coming	MILLENNIUM
76	Why do we mourn departing friends?	NEW ORLEANS
77	Blow ye the trumpet, blow	LENOX

New Britain	Long Sought Home	Indian Convert	Happy Land	O Come, Come Away
Rock of Ages	Disciple	Willoughby	Newburgh	Pisgah
Jerusalem	New Haven	Sweet Rivers	Greenland	Green Fields
Thorny Desert	Ionia	Easter Anthem	Wondrous Love	Coronation
Lone Pilgrim	Ortonville	Resignation	Bozrah	Alabama

Alabama	Bozrah	Christian’s Farewell	Coronation	David’s Lamentation
Disciple	Easter Anthem	Farewell Anthem	Green Fields	Greenland
Happy Land	Holy Manna	Indian Convert	Ionia	Jerusalem
King of Peace	Lone Pilgrim	Long Sought Home	New Britain	New Haven
O Come, Come Away	Ortonville	Pisgah	Resignation	Rock of Ages
Rose of Sharon	Sweet Rivers	Thorny Desert	Willoughby