SALAMIS (12323)

SALAMIS (12323)

Published in 5 hymnals


Tune Information

Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 12323 54346 55534 53
Key: E♭ Major

Texts

I think when I read that sweet story of old

I think when I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How He called little children as lambs to His fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
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Notes

This is very similar to SALAMIS (12333), but the contour of the melody is strikingly different in the second phrase.

Instances

Instances (5)TextImageAudioScore
Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #180Image
The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #693b
The Book of Praise #738a
The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892. (Ed. B) #562Image
The Presbyterian Book of Praise: approved and commended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Tunes #567Image