Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes in Tonic Solfa
Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- D minor
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- l, to s (D to C, a seventh)
- Tune
- WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY
- Words
- Thomas Benson Pollock
- Music
- William Henry Monk
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by Thomas Benson Pollock (1836–1896). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dJe--dsus,-rin-dThy- | t,dy---l,ingl,woes,--- |
| l,E--dven-t,while-l,Thy- | rlife--dblood-t,flows,--- |
| t,Cra--mving-spar--mdon- | sfor-fThy-mfoes;--- |
| mHear-mus,-mho--dly- | t,Je----l,sus.--- |
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
Jesus, in Thy dying woes,
Even while Thy lifeblood flows,
Craving pardon for Thy foes;
Hear us, holy Jesus.
Savior, for our pardon sue,
When our sins Thy pangs renew,
For we know not what we do:
Hear us, holy Jesus.
O may we, who mercy need,
Be like Thee in heart and deed,
When with wrong our spirits bleed:
Hear us, holy Jesus.
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 d (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
The words are by Thomas Benson Pollock, first published in 1870. The tune, WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY, is by William Henry Monk (1889). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1870): Thomas Benson Pollock (1836–1896)
- Music (1889): William Henry Monk (1823–1889)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WORDS ON THE CROSS - THE LITANY by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by Thomas Benson Pollock (1836–1896). 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 Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes
What is the doh of Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes?
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 Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes start on?
It starts on d (F in D minor). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Benson Pollock died in 1896, William Henry Monk died in 1889; the words were first published in 1870 and the music in 1889. 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.