Lord Jesus Think on Me in Tonic Solfa
Lord Jesus Think on Me in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 7 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F minor
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- l, (F)
- Range
- l, to s (F to E♭, a seventh)
- Tune
- SOUTHWELL
- Words
- Synesius of Cyrene, Allen William Chatfield
- Music
- From William Daman's Psalter, 1579
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SOUTHWELL (From William Daman's Psalter, 1579); words by Synesius of Cyrene (375–430); translated by Allen William Chatfield (1808–1896). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| l,Lord- | dJe--dsus,-t,think-t,on- | l,me-----dAnd- |
| dpurge-da--rway-rmy- | msin;-----mFrom- |
| searth--sborn-fpas--fsions- | mset-mme-rfree-mAnd- |
| rmake-dme-t,pure-t,with-- | l,in.----- |
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 · 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, think on me
And purge away my sin;
From earthborn passions set me free
And make me pure within.
Lord Jesus, think on me,
With many'a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be
And taste Thy promised rest.
Lord Jesus, think on me
Amid the battle's strife;
In all my pain and misery
Be Thou my Health and Life.
Lord Jesus, think on me
Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity
Point Thou the heav'nly way.
Lord Jesus, think on me
When floods the tempest high;
When on doth rush the enemy,
O Savior, be Thou nigh!
Lord Jesus, think on me
That, when the flood is past,
I may th'eternal brightness see
And share Thy joy at last.
D Lord Jesus, think on me
That I may sing above
To Father, Spirit, and to Thee
The strains of praise and love.
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), 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 Synesius of Cyrene, first published in 430. The English translation is by Allen William Chatfield (1876). The tune, SOUTHWELL, is from William Daman's Psalter, 1579. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (430): Synesius of Cyrene (375–430)
- Translated (1876): Allen William Chatfield (1808–1896)
- Melody (1579): From William Daman's Psalter, 1579
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SOUTHWELL (From William Daman's Psalter, 1579); words by Synesius of Cyrene (375–430); translated by Allen William Chatfield (1808–1896). 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 Lord Jesus Think on Me
What is the doh of Lord Jesus Think on Me?
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 Think on Me start on?
It starts on l, (F in F minor), a pickup on the word “Lord” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to l,.
Is Lord Jesus Think on Me in the public domain?
Yes. Synesius of Cyrene died in 430, Allen William Chatfield died in 1896; the words were first published in 1876 and the music in 1579. 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.