Come, Ye Disconsolate in Tonic Solfa
Come, Ye Disconsolate in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (G)
- Range
- d to m' (C to E, a tenth)
- Tune
- CONSOLATOR (WEBBE)
- Words
- Thomas Moore, Thomas Hastings
- Music
- Samuel Webbe
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CONSOLATOR (WEBBE) by Samuel Webbe (1740–1816); words by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) and Thomas Hastings (1784–1872). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sCome,---mye-ddis-- | lcon---sso-slate,--- |
| fwher---s_l'er-tye- | d'lan----sguish;-__ |
| mCome---mto-mthe- | fmer---fcylseat,--- |
| sfer----fevent--fely- | skneel.---____ |
| d'Here---tbring-lyour- | swoun---fdedmhearts,--- |
| d'here---r'telld'_tyourl_ | san----mguish;-__ |
| sEarth-m'_-m'has-d'no- | d'sor--lrow---fthat- |
| mHeav'n---rcan---dnot | dheal.------- |
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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Come, ye disconsolate, wher'er ye languish;
Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that Heav'n cannot heal.
Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
"Earth has no sorrow that Heav'n cannot cure."
Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but Heav'n can remove.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum C 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 s (G).
- 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 fe. 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 Moore and Thomas Hastings, first published in 1816. The tune, CONSOLATOR (WEBBE), is by Samuel Webbe (1792). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1816): Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
- Words (1816): Thomas Hastings (1784–1872)
- Music (1792): Samuel Webbe (1740–1816)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CONSOLATOR (WEBBE) by Samuel Webbe (1740–1816); words by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) and Thomas Hastings (1784–1872). 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, Ye Disconsolate
What is the doh of Come, Ye Disconsolate?
In this version, in C major, doh is C. 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, Ye Disconsolate start on?
It starts on s (G in C major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Come, Ye Disconsolate in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Moore died in 1852, Thomas Hastings died in 1872, Samuel Webbe died in 1816; the words were first published in 1816 and the music in 1792. 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.