All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night in Tonic Solfa
All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 7 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to s (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- TALLIS
- Words
- Thomas Ken
- Music
- Thomas Tallis
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune TALLIS by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585); words by Thomas Ken (1637–1711). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dAll- | dpraise-t,to-dThee,-dmy- | rGod,-rthis-mnight,-dFor- |
| fall-fthe-mbless--mings- | rof-rthe-dlight!-sKeep- |
| fme,-rO-mkeep-mme,- | rKing-rof-dkings,-s,Be-- |
| l,neath-t,Thine-down-mal-- | rmigh--rty-dwings.- |
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a WhatsApp message to the choir.
Doh is G · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
All praise to Thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light!
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own almighty wings.
Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done,
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the judgment day.
O may my soul on Thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close,
Sleep that may me more vig'rous make
To serve my God when I awake.
When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No pow'rs of darkness me molest.
O when shall I, in endless day,
For ever chase dark sleep away,
And hymns divine with angels sing,
All praise to thee, eternal King?
D Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
- Pitch the first note. The tune starts on d (G), on the word “All”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
- Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
About the hymn
The words are by Thomas Ken, first published in 1674. The tune, TALLIS, is by Thomas Tallis (1567). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1674): Thomas Ken (1637–1711)
- Music (1567): Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune TALLIS by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585); words by Thomas Ken (1637–1711). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this hymn as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Questions about All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night
What is the doh of All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.
What note does All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night start on?
It starts on d (G in G major), a pickup on the word “All” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Ken died in 1711, Thomas Tallis died in 1585; the words were first published in 1674 and the music in 1567. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in Nigeria, the UK, the EU and the United States. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.