Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished in Tonic Solfa
Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished in Tonic Solfa to ALL FOR JESUS, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 6 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| mFare-sthee-d'well,-tour- | lfond--sly-scher--fished!- |
| mDear,-sdear-dblos--msom,- | rfare-dthee-rwell!--- |
| rHe-mwho-flent-lthee- | r'hath-d're--d'called-tthee,- |
| d'Back-swith-sHim-fand- | mHis-rto-ddwell.--- |
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- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (F♯)
- Range
- d to r' (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- ALL FOR JESUS
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- John Stainer
Tune ALL FOR JESUS by John Stainer (1840–1901); words by Anonymous. 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 D · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in D major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Fare thee well, our fondly cherished!
Dear, dear blossom, fare thee well!
He who lent thee hath recalled thee,
Back with Him and His to dwell.
Like a sunbeam through our dwelling
Shone thy presence, bright and calm;
Thou didst add a zest to pleasure;
To our sorrows thou wast balm.
Yet while mourning, O our lost one,
Come no visions of despair!
Seated on thy tomb, Faith's angel
Saith, thou art not, art not there.
Where, then, art thou? with the Saviour,
Blest, forever blest, to be;
'Mid the sinless little children
Who have heard his "Come to me."
Passed the shades of death's dark valley,
Thou art leaning on his breast,
Where the wicked may not enter,
And the weary are at rest.
Plead, that in a Father's mercy
All our sins may be forgiven;
Angel! plead, that thou may'st greet us,
Ransomed, at the gates of heaven.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum D 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 (F♯).
- 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
These words were printed without an author's name in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1848), as hymn 411, “Death of a Child”, where the book credits them to Briggs' Collection.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Eights and Sevens (8.7.8.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to ALL FOR JESUS; any other Eights and Sevens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Anonymous
- Music (1887): John Stainer (1840–1901)
Tune ALL FOR JESUS by John Stainer (1840–1901); words by Anonymous.
Sung to the same tune: Brother, Rest from Sin and Sorrow, Christian Soldiers in the Conflict, Come Ye People, Come Adore Him, Father, Source of Every Blessing, In the Cross of Christ I Glory, Israel's Shepherd, Guide Me, Feed Me, Israel's Shepherd, Guide Us, Feed Us, Lamb of God, We Fall Before Thee, Light Serene of Holy Glory, One Sweet Flower Has Drooped and Faded, Savior, All My Sins Confessing, Saviour! I My Cross Have Taken, Sister, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Theories, Which Thousands Cherish.
Questions about Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished
What is the doh of Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished?
In this version, in D major, doh is D. 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 Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished start on?
It starts on m (F♯ in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Fare Thee Well, Our Fondly Cherished in the public domain?
Yes. John Stainer died in 1901; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1887. 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.