Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again in Tonic Solfa

Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again in Tonic Solfa to ALL SAINTS, NEW, doh is Bb: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 2 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is Bb4/4

sNow-

mgird--fyourspa--d'tient-

d'loins--ta-tgain,-d'Your-

r'wast--m'ing-f'torch--m'es-

r'trim!-----r'The-

m'chief--r'ofd'all-tthe-

tsons--loflmen,-lShall-

swe-d'not-twel---d'come

d'him?-----d'Fill-

d'all-d'his-tcourts-twith-

lsa---lcredlsongs,-lAnd-

sfrom-sthe-stem--sple-

swall-----fWave-

mgar---flandsso'er-d'the-

d'joy---tfultthrongs-d'That-

m'crowd-r'his-d'fes--tti--

d'val!-----

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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: William Croswell
Music: Henry Stephen Cutler

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by William Croswell (1804–1851). 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 - Now| m - - f s - d' - gird your patient| d' - - t t - d' - |loins again, Your

| r' - m' - f' - m' - wasting torches| r' - - - - - r' - |trim! The

| m' - - r' d' - t - chief of all the| t - - l l - l - |sons of men, Shall

| s - d' - t - - d' we not welcome| d' - - - - - d' - |him? Fill

| d' - d' - t - t - all his courts with| l - - l l - l - |sacred songs, And

| s - s - s - s - from the temple| s - - - - - f - |wall Wave

| m - - f s - d' - garlands o'er the| d' - - t t - d' - |joyful throngs That

| m' - r' - d' - t - crowd his festi-| d' - - - - - |val!

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

Now gird your patient loins again,
Your wasting torches trim!
The chief of all the sons of men,
Shall we not welcome him?
Fill all his courts with sacred songs,
And from the temple wall
Wave garlands o'er the joyful throngs
That crowd his festival!

And still more freshly in the mind
Store up the hopes sublime
Which then were born for all mankind,
So blessed was the time;
And, underneath these hallowed eaves,
A Saviour will be born
In every heart that him receives,
On his triumphal morn.

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 word “Now”, 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

William Croswell 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 451, “Hymn for Christmas”.

The book printed the words without tunes, marked Common Metre Double (8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to ALL SAINTS, NEW; any other Common Metre Double tune fits them as well.

Words: William Croswell (1804–1851)
Music (1872): Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902)

Tune ALL SAINTS, NEW by Henry Stephen Cutler (1825–1902); words by William Croswell (1804–1851).

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, Jesus, My Master and My Lord, Lord, Soothe My Anxious, Troubled Soul, 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 Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again

What is the doh of Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again?

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 Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again start on?

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

Is Now Gird Your Patient Loins Again in the public domain?

Yes. William Croswell died in 1851, Henry Stephen Cutler died in 1902; the words were in print by 1848 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.