Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join in Tonic Solfa

Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join in Tonic Solfa to MESSIAH (HERALD), doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is F4/4

mCome,--randdlet-dus-

fsweet---mlyrjoin---

sChrist--ltolpraise-sin-

mhymns-ddi--rvine!---

mGive--rwedall,-dwith-

fone--mac-rcord,---

sGlo---lrysto-mour-

rcom---dmondLord;---

t,Hands,--dandrhearts,-fand-

mvoi---rcesdraise;---

rSing--masfin-lthe-

san---fcientmdays;---

mAn---rte-ddate-dthe-

fjoys--ma-rbove,---

sCel---le-sbrate-mthe-

rfeast--dofdlove.---

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Key: F major
Doh: F
Time: 4/4
Starts on: m (A)
Range: t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
Tune: MESSIAH (HERALD)
Words: Charles Wesley, John Wesley
Music: Louis J. F. Herold, George Kingsley

Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) or John Wesley (1703–1791). Sources and licences.

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 message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.

Doh is F · 4/4

| m - - r d - d - Come, and let us| f - - m r - - - |sweetly join

| s - - l l - s - Christ to praise in| m - d - r - - - |hymns divine!

| m - - r d - d - Give we all, with| f - - m r - - - |one accord,

| s - - l s - m - Glory to our| r - - d d - - - |common Lord;

| t, - - d r - f - Hands, and hearts, and| m - - r d - - - |voices raise;

| r - - m f - l - Sing as in the| s - - f m - - - |ancient days;

| m - - r d - d - Antedate the| f - - m r - - - |joys above,

| s - - l s - m - Celebrate the| r - - d d - - - |feast of love.

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

Come, and let us sweetly join
Christ to praise in hymns divine!
Give we all, with one accord,
Glory to our common Lord;
Hands, and hearts, and voices raise;
Sing as in the ancient days;
Antedate the joys above,
Celebrate the feast of love.

Strive we, in affection strive;
Let the purer flame revive,
Such as in the martyrs glowed,
Dying champions for their God:
We, like them, may live and love;
Called we are their joys to prove,
Saved with them from future wrath,
Partners of like precious faith.

Sing we then in Jesu's name,
Now as yesterday the same;
One in every time and place,
Full for all of truth and grace:
We for Christ, our Master, stand,
Lights in a benighted land:
We our dying Lord confess;
We are Jesu's witnesses.

Witnesses that Christ hath died,
We with him are crucified;
Christ hath burst the bands of death,
We his quickening Spirit breathe;
Christ is now gone up on high,
Thither all our wishes fly;
Sits at God's right hand above;
There with him we reign in love!

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 m (A).
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

John Wesley printed these words in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1780), hymn 519. They first appeared in a book he and his brother Charles published together, and the Collection's own index cannot say which of the two wrote them.

The book printed the words without tunes. They are in Sevens Double (7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7), and this page sets them to MESSIAH (HERALD); any other Sevens Double tune fits them as well.

Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Words: John Wesley (1703–1791)
Music (1839): Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined)
Arranged (1839): George Kingsley (died undefined)

Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) or John Wesley (1703–1791).

Sung to the same tune: 'Tis My Happiness Below, Blessing, Honour, Thanks, and Praise, Bound upon the Accursed Tree, Faint the Earth, and Parched with Drought, God of Love, We Look to Thee, Grace, Triumphant in the Throne, Happy Man Whom God Doth Aid, Happy Soul Who Sees the Day, Hark! How Time's Wide Sounding Bell, Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim, Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign, Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say, Oft in Vain the Voice of Truth, Sinner, Art Thou Still Secure.

Questions about Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join

What is the doh of Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join?

In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join start on?

It starts on m (A in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.

Is Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join in the public domain?

Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, John Wesley died in 1791, Louis J. F. Herold died in undefined, George Kingsley died in undefined; the words were in print by 1780 and the music in 1839. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.