Jesus, My Master and My Lord in Tonic Solfa

Jesus, My Master and My Lord in Tonic Solfa to ALL SAINTS, NEW, doh is Bb: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is Bb4/4

sJe--

msus,--fmysMas--d'ter-

d'and--tmytLord,-d'I-

r'would-m'thy-f'will-m'o--

r'bey,-----r'Hum--

m'bly--r're-d'ceive-tthy-

twarn---linglword,-lAnd-

sal--d'ways-twatch--d'and

d'pray.-----d'My-

d'con--d'stant-tneed-tof-

lwatch---lfullprayer-lI-

sdail--sy-ssee-sand-

sfeel,-----fTo-

mkeep--fmessafe-d'from-

d'ev---terytsnare-d'Of-

m'sin,-r'and-d'earth,-tand-

d'hell.-----

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Key: Bb major
Doh: Bb
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (F)
Range: m to f' (D to E♭, a ninth)
Tune: ALL SAINTS, NEW
Words: Charles Wesley
Music: Henry Stephen Cutler

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788). 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 Bb · 4/4

| s - Je-| m - - f s - d' - sus, my Master| d' - - t t - d' - |and my Lord, I

| r' - m' - f' - m' - would thy will o-| r' - - - - - r' - |bey, Hum-

| m' - - r' d' - t - bly receive thy| t - - l l - l - |warning word, And

| s - d' - t - - d' always watch and| d' - - - - - d' - |pray. My

| d' - d' - t - t - constant need of| l - - l l - l - |watchful prayer I

| s - s - s - s - daily see and| s - - - - - f - |feel, To

| m - - f s - d' - keep me safe from| d' - - t t - d' - |every snare Of

| m' - r' - d' - t - sin, and earth, and| d' - - - - - |hell.

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in Bb major, with the first verse under the notes.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

Jesus, my Master and my Lord,
I would thy will obey,
Humbly receive thy warning word,
And always watch and pray.
My constant need of watchful prayer
I daily see and feel,
To keep me safe from every snare
Of sin, and earth, and hell.

Into a world of ruffians sent,
I walk on hostile ground,
Wild human bears on slaughter bent,
And ravening wolves, surround:
The lion seeks my soul to slay
In some unguarded hour,
And waits to tear his sleeping prey,
And watches to devour.

But worse than all my foes I find
The enemy within,
The evil heart, the carnal mind,
My own insidious sin:
My nature every moment waits
To render me secure,
And all my paths with ease besets,
To make my ruin sure.

But thou hast given a loud alarm;
And thou shalt still prepare
My soul for all assaults, and arm
With never-ceasing prayer;
O do not suffer me to sleep,
Who on thy love depend;
But still thy faithful servant keep,
And save me to the end!

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum Bb 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 (F), on the first syllable of “Jesus”, 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

Charles Wesley wrote these words. His brother John printed them in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1780), hymn 310.

The book printed the words without tunes. They are in Common Metre Double (8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6), and this page sets them to ALL SAINTS, NEW; any other Common Metre Double tune fits them as well.

Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Music (1872): Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902)

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788).

Sung to the same tune: All Nature's Works His Praise Declare, Amid Surrounding Gloom and Waste, Father, When O'er Our Trembling Hearts, God of All Grace and Majesty, I Looked upon the Righteous Man, Lord, Soothe My Anxious, Troubled Soul, Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again, O Where Are Kings and Empires Now, O, Not Alone with Outward Sign, O, Who Shall See the Glorious Day, Oh! Not Alone with Outward Sign, Our Pathway Oft Is Wet with Tears, The Aged Sufferer Waited Long, Thy Servants in the Temple Watched, When, on Devotion's Seraph Wing.

Questions about Jesus, My Master and My Lord

What is the doh of Jesus, My Master and My Lord?

In this version, in Bb major, doh is Bb. 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, My Master and My Lord start on?

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

Is Jesus, My Master and My Lord in the public domain?

Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, Henry Stephen Cutler died in 1902; the words were in print by 1780 and the music in 1872. 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.