Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing in Tonic Solfa
Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 3 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (G)
- Range
- m to f' (E to F, a ninth)
- Tune
- REGENT SQUARE
- Words
- John Fawcett, Godfrey Thring
- Music
- Henry Smart
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune REGENT SQUARE by Henry Smart (1813–1879); words by John Fawcett (1740–1817) and Godfrey Thring (1823–1903). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sLord,-mdis-- | d'miss-sus-m'with--r'Thy | d'bless--sing;-lFill-lour- |
| shearts-d'with-sjoy-fand- | mpeace;---sLet-mus- |
| d'each-sThy-m'love--r'pos- | d'ses--tsing,-d'Tri--tumph- |
| lin-tre-d'_tdeem--ling- | sgrace.---r'O--r're- |
| tfresh-sus,-m'O--r're- | d'fresh-lus,-f'Trav'--m'ling- |
| r'through-d'this-d'wil--tder-- | d'ness.--- |
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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
O refresh us, O refresh us,
Trav'ling through this wilderness.
Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
Ever faithful, ever faithful,
To the truth may we be found.
So that when Thy love shall call us,
Savior, from the world away,
Fear of death shall not appall us,
Glad Thy summons to obey.
May we ever, may we ever,
Reign with Thee in endless day.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum C 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 (G), on the word “Lord”, 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 John Fawcett and Godfrey Thring, first published in 1773. The tune, REGENT SQUARE, is by Henry Thomas Smart (1867). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1773): John Fawcett (1740–1817)
- Words (1773): Godfrey Thring (1823–1903)
- Melody (1867): Henry Smart (1813–1879)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune REGENT SQUARE by Henry Smart (1813–1879); words by John Fawcett (1740–1817) and Godfrey Thring (1823–1903). 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.
Sung to the same tune: Angels from the Realms of Glory.
Questions about Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
What is the doh of Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing?
In this version, in C major, doh is C. 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 Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing start on?
It starts on s (G in C major), a pickup on the word “Lord” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing in the public domain?
Yes. John Fawcett died in 1817, Godfrey Thring died in 1903, Henry Smart died in 1879; the words were first published in 1773 and the music in 1867. 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.