Come Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song! in Tonic Solfa
Come Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song! in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 7 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- D minor
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- l, (D)
- Range
- l, to l (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT
- Words
- Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse, Jane Laurie Borthwick
- Music
- Ludvig Mathias Lindeman
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887); words by Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse (1785–1860); translated by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813–1897). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| l,Come- | mforth!-mcome-don,-l,with- | lsol--lemn-sesong!-mThe- |
| lroad--sisfshort,-mthe- | rrest-ris-mlong!-mThe- |
| sLord-fbrought-mhere,-rHe- | dcalls--ra-mway:-rMake- |
| dno--rde-mlay,-fThis- | mhome-rwas-dfor-ra- |
| dpas----t,sing--- | l,day.--- |
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 F · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in D minor, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Come forth! come on, with solemn song!
The road is short, the rest is long!
The Lord brought here, He calls away:
Make no delay,
This home was for a passing day.
Here in an inn a stranger dwelt,
Here joy and grief by turns he felt;
Poor dwelling, now we close thy door!
The task is o'er,
The sojourner returns no more,
Now of a lasting home possest,
He goes to seek a deeper rest
Goodnight! the day was sultry here,
In toil and fear;
Goodnight! the night is cool and clear.
Chime on, ye bells! again begin,
And ring the Sabbath morning in,
The lab'rer's weekday work is done,
The rest begun,
Which Christ hath for His people won!
Now open to us, gates of peace!
Here let the pilgrim's journey cease.
Ye quiet slumberers, make room
In your still home,
For the new stranger who has come!
How many graves around us lie!
How many homes are in the sky!
Yes, for each saint doth Christ prepare
A place with care:
Thy home is waiting, brother, there!
Jesus, Thou reignest, Lord alone,
Thou wilt return and claim Thine own,
Come quickly, Lord! return again!
Amen! Amen!
Thine seal us ever, now and then!
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 l, (D), on the word “Come”, 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 and the chromatic se. 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 Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse, first published in 1849. The English translation is by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1855). The tune, JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT, is by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1849): Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse (1785–1860)
- Translated (1855): Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813–1897)
- Music: Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JEG HAR MIN SAG TIL GUD HJEMSTILT by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887); words by Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse (1785–1860); translated by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813–1897). 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 Come Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song!
What is the doh of Come Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song!?
In this version, in D minor, 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 Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song! start on?
It starts on l, (D in D minor), a pickup on the word “Come” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to l,.
Is Come Forth! Come on, with Solemn Song! in the public domain?
Yes. Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sachse died in 1860, Jane Laurie Borthwick died in 1897, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman died in 1887; the words were first published in 1855 and the music in 1913. 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.