I Walk in Danger All the Way in Tonic Solfa

I Walk in Danger All the Way in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.

Key: F major
Doh: F
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s, (C)
Range: s, to l (C to D, a ninth)
Tune: DER LIEBEN SONNE LICH UND PRACHT
Words: Hans Adolf Brorson, Ditlef Georgson Ristad
Music: From Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704

The solfa with the words

Doh is F4/4

s,I-

dwalk-min-rdan--fger-

mall-dthe-t,way;-sThe-

fthought-mshall-fne--sver-

mleave---rme-s,That-

dSa--mtan,-rwho-fhas-

mmarked-dhis-t,prey,-sIs-

fplot--mting-fto-sde--

mceive---rme.-rThis-

rfoe-mwith-fhid--mden-

rsnares---__sMay-

sseize-lme-sun--fa--

mwares---__mIf-

l,e'er-l,I-rfail-dto-

t,watch-l,and-s,pray:-sI-

swalk-fin-fdan--mger-

rall-rthe-dway.-

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

| s, - I| d - m - r - f - walk in danger| m - d - t, - s - |all the way; The

| f - m - f - s - thought shall never| m - - - r - s, - |leave me That

| d - m - r - f - Satan, who has| m - d - t, - s - |marked his prey, Is

| f - m - f - s - plotting to de-| m - - - r - r - |ceive me. This

| r - m - f - m - foe with hidden| r - - - _ _ s - |snares May

| s - l - s - f - seize me una-| m - - - _ _ m - |wares If

| l, - l, - r - d - e'er I fail to| t, - l, - s, - s - |watch and pray: I

| s - f - f - m - walk in danger| r - r - d - |all the way.

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

I walk in danger all the way;
The thought shall never leave me
That Satan, who has marked his prey,
Is plotting to deceive me.
This foe with hidden snares
May seize me unawares
If e'er I fail to watch and pray:
I walk in danger all the way.

I pass through trials all the way,
With sin and ills contending;
In patience I must bear each day
The cross of God's own sending;
Oft in adversity
I know not where to flee;
When storms of woe my soul dismay,
I pass through trials all the way.

Death doth pursue me all the way,
Nowhere I rest securely,
He comes by night, he comes by day,
He takes his prey most surely;
A failing breath and I
In death's strong grasp may lie
To face eternity for aye:
Death doth pursue me all the way.

I walk 'mongst angels all the way
They shield me and befriend me;
All Satan's pow'r is held at bay
When heav'nly hosts attend me;
They are my sure defense,
All fear and sorrow, hence!
Unharmed by foes, do what they may,
I walk 'mongst angels all the way.

I walk with Jesus all the way,
His guidance never fails me,
Within His wounds I find a stay,
When Satan's pow'r assails me;
And by His footsteps led,
My path I safely tread,
In spite of ills that threaten may,
I walk with Jesus all the way.

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 s, (C), on the word “I”, 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 Hans Adolf Brorson, first published in 1734. The English translation is by Ditlef Georgson Ristad (1909). The tune, DER LIEBEN SONNE LICH UND PRACHT, is from Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

Words (1734): Hans Adolf Brorson (1694–1764)
Translated (1909): Ditlef Georgson Ristad (1863–1938)
Melody (1704): From Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune DER LIEBEN SONNE LICH UND PRACHT (From Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704); words by Hans Adolf Brorson (1694–1764); translated by Ditlef Georgson Ristad (1863–1938). 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 I Walk in Danger All the Way

What is the doh of I Walk in Danger All the Way?

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 I Walk in Danger All the Way start on?

It starts on s, (C in F major), a pickup on the word “I” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.

Is I Walk in Danger All the Way in the public domain?

Yes. Hans Adolf Brorson died in 1764, Ditlef Georgson Ristad died in 1938; the words were first published in 1909 and the music in 1704. 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.