Jesus Is All the World to Me in Tonic Solfa
Jesus Is All the World to Me in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 6/8
- Starts on
- m (C)
- Range
- m, to s (C to E♭, a tenth)
- Tune
- JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME
- Words
- Will Lamartine Thompson
- Music
- Will Lamartine Thompson
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909); words by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| mJe--,rsusdisfall-mthe | mworld-rtodme,-s,My | dlife,-dmyrjoy,-rmy | mall;----sHe |
| sis-rmyrstrength-sfrom | sday-mtomday,-mWith- | rout-dHiml,It,_dwould | rfall.----_ |
| s,Whenl,Idaml,sad,-m,to | s,Him-l,Is,go,-- | s,Nol,o-dtherl,one-m,can | s,cheer-l,mes,so;-- |
| dWhendIdamdsad,-- | dHedmakesdmesglad,-- | dHe's--rmy-- | dfriend.---- |
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 Ab · 6/8
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Ab major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day,
Without Him I would fall.
When I am sad, to Him I go,
No other one can cheer me so;
When I am sad, He makes me glad,
He's my friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
my friend in trials sore;
I go to Him for blessings and
He gives them ov'r and o'er.
He sends the sunshine and the rain,
He sends the harvest's golden grain;
Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain,
He's my friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
and true to Him I'll be;
O how could I this friend deny,
when He's so true to me?
Following Him I know I'm right,
He watches o'er me day and night;
Following Him, by day and night,
He's my friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
I want no better friend;
I trust Him now, I'll trust Him when
Life's fleeting days shall end.
Beautiful life with such a friend;
beautiful life that has no end;
Eternal life, eternal joy,
He's my friend.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Ab 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 (C).
- Count the time. 6/8 means two dotted-crotchet beats (six quavers) in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
- 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 Will Lamartine Thompson, first published in 1904. The tune, JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME, is by Will Lamartine Thompson (1904). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1904): Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909)
- Music (1904): Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909); words by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909). 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 Is All the World to Me
What is the doh of Jesus Is All the World to Me?
In this version, in Ab major, doh is Ab. 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 Is All the World to Me start on?
It starts on m (C in Ab major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Jesus Is All the World to Me in the public domain?
Yes. Will Lamartine Thompson died in 1909, Will Lamartine Thompson died in 1909; the words were first published in 1904 and the music in 1904. 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.