Text: | Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | DUNDEE |
Composer: | Guillaume Franc |
1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme,
And speak some wondrous thing
The mighty works or mightier name
Of our eternal King.
2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,
And sound his praise abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.
3 His every word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all these promises.
4 Let every tongue his goodness speak,
The sovereign Lord of all;
Whose gracious hands uphold the weak,
And raise the poor that fall.
5 O, might I hear that heavenly tongue
But whisper, "Thou art mine,"
Those gentle words should raise my song
To notes almost divine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Worship: Attributes and Providence of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DUNDEE |
Composer: | Guillaume Franc |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #120, 70, or 395. |