Praise My Soul the King of Heaven in Tonic Solfa
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 2/4
- Starts on
- s (B♭)
- Range
- t, to d' (D to E♭, a ninth)
- Tune
- PRAISE MY SOUL
- Words
- Henry F. Lyte
- Music
- John Goss
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune PRAISE MY SOUL by John Goss (1800–1880); words by Henry F. Lyte (1793–1847). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sPraise,-smy- | ssoul,-sthe- | d'King-tof- | lhea---- |
| sven;--- | fTo-mHis- | lfeet-sthy- | mtri--fbute- |
| rbring.--- | mRan--msomed,- | mhealed,-mre-- | lstored,-sfor-- |
| sgiv--feen,- | sEv--ler-- | tmore-d'His- | mpra--feises- |
| ssing:--- | d'A--tlle-- | llu--sia!- | d'A--tlle-- |
| llu--sia!- | lPraise-sthe- | fev--rer-- | dlast--t,ing- |
| dKing.--- |
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 Eb · 2/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Eb major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.
Praise Him for His grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.
Father like He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.
Frail as summer's flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
Our God lives unchanging on,
Praise Him, Praise Him, Hallelujah
Praise the High Eternal One!
Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
Dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Eb 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 (B♭).
- Count the time. 2/4 means two 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 fe. 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 Henry F. Lyte, first published in 1834. The tune, PRAISE MY SOUL, is by John Goss (1869). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1834): Henry F. Lyte (1793–1847)
- Music (1869): John Goss (1800–1880)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune PRAISE MY SOUL by John Goss (1800–1880); words by Henry F. Lyte (1793–1847). 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 Praise My Soul the King of Heaven
What is the doh of Praise My Soul the King of Heaven?
In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 Praise My Soul the King of Heaven start on?
It starts on s (B♭ in Eb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Praise My Soul the King of Heaven in the public domain?
Yes. Henry F. Lyte died in 1847, John Goss died in 1880; the words were first published in 1834 and the music in 1869. 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.