Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds in Tonic Solfa
Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- A major
- Doh
- A
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s, (E)
- Range
- s, to s (E to E, an octave)
- Tune
- LEA
- Words
- Isaac Watts
- Music
- James Lea Summers
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune LEA by James Lea Summers (1837–1881); words by Isaac Watts (1674–1748). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| s,Let- | mchild--dren-l,hear-s,the- | dmight--ry-mdeeds-sWhich- |
| mGod-dper--l,formed-l,of- | s,old;-----rWhichm_ |
| fin-four-myoung--der- | l,years-rwe-t,saw,-sAndf_ |
| mwhich-mour-rfa--t,thers- | dtold.----- |
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 A · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in A major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
He bids us make His glories known,
His works of pow'r and grace;
And we'll convey His wonders down
Through every rising race.
Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget His work
But practice His commands.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum A 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, (E), on the word “Let”, 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 Isaac Watts, first published in 1719. The tune, LEA, is by James Lea Summers. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1719): Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
- Music: James Lea Summers (1837–1881)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune LEA by James Lea Summers (1837–1881); words by Isaac Watts (1674–1748). 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 Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds
What is the doh of Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds?
In this version, in A major, doh is A. 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 Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds start on?
It starts on s, (E in A major), a pickup on the word “Let” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds in the public domain?
Yes. Isaac Watts died in 1748, James Lea Summers died in 1881; the words were first published in 1719 and the music in 1908. 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.