Lord Jesus, Come! for Here in Tonic Solfa
Lord Jesus, Come! for Here in Tonic Solfa to AYLESBURY, doh is Ab: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 5 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| l,Lord---mJe--rsus,- | dcome!-t,for-l,here--- |
| mOur---spath-fthrough- | mwilds-ris-mlaid;--- |
| __dWe-t,watch,-l,as- | mfor-dthe-rday--dspring- |
| t,near,-l,A--mmid-rthe- | dbreak----t,ing--- |
| l,shade.------- |
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- Key
- F minor
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- l, (F)
- Range
- l, to s (F to E♭, a seventh)
- Tune
- AYLESBURY
- Words
- Harriet Martineau
- Music
- From John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AYLESBURY (From John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718); words by Harriet Martineau (1802–1876). 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 Ab · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F minor, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Lord Jesus, come! for here
Our path through wilds is laid;
We watch, as for the dayspring near,
Amid the breaking shade.
Lord Jesus, come! for hosts
Meet on the battle-plain;
Our holiest hopes seem vainest boasts,
And tears are shed like rain.
Lord Jesus, come! the slave
Still bears his heavy chains;
Their daily bread the hungry crave,
While teem the fruitful plains.
Hark! herald voices near
Lead on thy happier day;
Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear!
We wait to strew thy way.
Come, as in days of old,
With words of grace and power;
Gather us all within thy fold,
And let us stray no more!
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 l, (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
Harriet Martineau wrote these words. They were printed in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1848), as hymn 173, “The Coming of Christ in Power”. The compilers changed some of the words, and this is their version.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Short Metre (6.6.8.6), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to AYLESBURY; any other Short Metre tune fits them as well.
- Words: Harriet Martineau (1802–1876)
- Melody (1718): From John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AYLESBURY (From John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718); words by Harriet Martineau (1802–1876). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this tune 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: "Blest Are the Meek," He Said, "Is This a Fast for Me?", And Will the God of Grace, Behold, the Grace Appears, Beside the Gospel Pool, Breathe on Me, Breath of God, Come at the Morning Hour, Come, Holy Ghost, in Might, Commit Thou All Thy Griefs, Far from These Scenes of Night, Father, I Will Not Pray, Great God, at Thy Command, How Heavy Is the Night, How Sweet the Melting Lay, I Hear the Voice of Woe, I Love Thy Church, O God, I Love Thy Zion, Lord, I Would, but Cannot Sing, Jesus Invites His Saints, Lord, in the Strength of Grace, Mine Eyes and My Desire, My Former Hopes Are Dead, Now Is the Day of Grace, O Bless the Lord, My Soul, O Lord! Through Thee We Own, O the Almighty Lord, O, for the Death of Those, See What a Living-stone, Shall We Go on to Sin, Sing to the Lord Aloud, That Blessed Law of Thine, The Best That Heaven Could Bring, The Hours of Evening Close, The Lord My Shepherd Is, The Savior Kindly Calls, Thou One Begotten Son, Thy Name, Almighty Lord, Thy Word Invites Us Nigh, Tossed on the Sea of Life, We Lift Our Hearts to Thee, Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest, When Overwhelmed with Grief, When Shall Thy Love Constrain.
Questions about Lord Jesus, Come! for Here
What is the doh of Lord Jesus, Come! for Here?
In this version, in F minor, 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 Lord Jesus, Come! for Here start on?
It starts on l, (F in F minor). Find doh first, then sing up or down to l,.
Is Lord Jesus, Come! for Here in the public domain?
Yes. Harriet Martineau died in 1876; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1718. 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.