Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth in Tonic Solfa
Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 6 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F minor
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (C)
- Range
- m, to s (C to E♭, a tenth)
- Tune
- OVER KEDRON JESUS TRAEDER
- Words
- Thomas Hansen Kingo, J. Jeffrey
- Music
- Ludvig Mathias Lindeman
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune OVER KEDRON JESUS TRAEDER by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by J. Jeffrey (19th century). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| mO--rver-dKid--l,ron- | dJe--t,sus-se,tread--m,eth- |
| l,To--t,Hisdpas--t,sion- | mfor-rus-dall;--_ |
| mEv--rery-dhu--l,man- | deye-t,be-se,weep--m,ing,- |
| l,Tears--t,ofdbit--t,ter- | mgrief-rlet-dfall!--_ |
| rRound-rHis-mSpi--drit- | fflock-mthe-rfoes,--_ |
| mPlace-mtheir-fshafts-rand- | sbend-ftheir-mbows,--_ |
| fAim--ming-rat-mthe- | dSav--t,ior-l,sole--f,ly,- |
| m,While--se,thel,world-dfor-- | msakes---rHim-d_- |
| t,whol-------- | l,ly.------- |
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
Over Kidron Jesus treadeth
To His passion for us all;
Every human eye be weeping,
Tears of bitter grief let fall!
Round His Spirit flock the foes,
Place their shafts and bend their bows,
Aiming at the Savior solely,
While the world forsakes Him wholly.
David once, with heart afflicted,
Crossed the Kidron's narrow strand,
Clouds of gloom and grief about him
When an exile from his land.
But, O Jesus, blacker now
Bends the cloud above Thy brow,
Hasting to death's dreary portals
For the shame and sin of mortals.
See how, anguish struck, He falleth
Prostrate, and with struggling breath,
Three times on His God He calleth,
Praying that the bitter death
And the cup of doom may go,
Still He cries, in all His woe:
"Not My will, but Thine, O Father!"
And the angels round Him gather.
See how, in that hour of darkness,
Battling with the evil pow'r,
Agonies untold assail Him,
On His soul the arrows show'r;
All the garden flow'rs are wet
With the drops of bloody sweat,
From His anguished frame distilling—
World's redemption thus fulfilling!
But, O flow'rs, so sadly watered
By this pure and precious dew,
In some blessed hour your blossoms
'Neath the olive shadows grew!
Eden's garden did not bear
Aught that can with you compare,
For the blood, thus freely given,
Makes my soul the heir of heaven.
When as flow'rs themselves I wither, When I droop and fade like grass,
When the life-streams through my pulses Dull and ever duller pass,
When at last they cease to roll, Then, to cheer my sinking soul,
Grace of Jesus, be Thou given- Source of triumph! pledge of heaven!
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 m (C).
- 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 and the chromatic se. 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 Thomas Hansen Kingo, first published in 1689. The English translation is by J. Jeffrey (1866). The tune, OVER KEDRON JESUS TRAEDER, is by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1689): Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)
- Translated (1866): J. Jeffrey (19th century)
- Music: Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune OVER KEDRON JESUS TRAEDER by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by J. Jeffrey (19th century). 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 Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth
What is the doh of Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth?
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 Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth start on?
It starts on m (C in F minor). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Hansen Kingo died in 1703, J. Jeffrey lived in the 19th century, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman died in 1887; the words were first published in 1866 and the music in 1913. 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.