See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph in Tonic Solfa
See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- A major
- Doh
- A
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (A)
- Range
- s, to s (E to E, an octave)
- Tune
- REX GLORIAE
- Words
- Christopher Wordsworth
- Music
- Henry Thomas Smart
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune REX GLORIAE by Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879); words by Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dSee,-s,the-dLord-ras-- | mcends--finmtri--rumph;- |
| ssee-dthe-rKing-minf_ | mro--ryal-mstate,--- |
| mRi--rding-mon-sthe- | dclouds,-t,His-t,char--l,iot,- |
| rTo-rHis-sheav'n--t,ly- | l,pal--l,ace-s,gate.--- |
| s,Hark!--l,thet,choirs-rof- | dan--t,gel-l,voi--s,ces- |
| dJoy--rful-mal-f_sle-- | flu--mias-rsing,--- |
| dAnd-s,the-dpor--rtals- | mhigh--faremlift--red- |
| sTo-dre--fceive-mtheir- | rheav'n--rly-dKing.--- |
| dHo---dlyrGhost,-mIl-- | slum--min--da--rtor,- |
| s,shed-dThy-rbeams-mup-- | ronm_dour-t,eyes,--- |
| dHelp--dusrto-mlook- | sup-mwith-dSte--rphen,- |
| s,and--dtot,see-s,be-- | t,yondd_l,the-s,skies,--- |
| l,Where-dthe-t,Son-s,of- | l,Man-din-s,glo--s,ry- |
| dStand--ring-mis-l,at- | dGod'sr_t,right-l,hand,--- |
| t,Beck--d'ning-l,on-s,His- | dmar--rtyr-far--mmy,- |
| ssuc--mcor--ding-rHis- | mfaith-d_t,ful-dband.--- |
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 A · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in A major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
See, the Lord ascends in triumph;
see the King in royal state,
Riding on the clouds,
His chariot, To His heav'nly palace gate.
Hark! the choirs of angel voices
Joyful alleluias sing,
And the portals high are lifted
To receive their heav'nly King.
Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes,
Help us to look up with
Stephen, and to see beyond the skies,
Where the Son of Man in glory
Standing is at God's right hand,
Beck'ning on His martyr army, succoring His faithful band.
Who is this that comes in glory, with the trump of jubilee?
Lord of battles,
God of armies,
He has gained the victory.
He Who on the cross did suffer,
He who from the grave arose,
He has vanquished sin and Satan,
He by death has spoiled His foes.
See Him, Who is gone before us,
Heav'nly mansions to prepare,
See Him, who is ever pleading
For us with prevailing prayer,
See Him, who with sound of trumpet, and with His angelic train,
Summoning the world to judgment, on the clouds will come again.
While He lifts His hands in blessing,
He is parted from His friends
While their eager eyes behold Him,
He upon the cloud ascends;
He Who walked with God and pleased Him, preaching truth and doom to come,
He, our Enoch, is translated to His everlasting home.
Raise us up from earth to Heaven, give us wings of faith and love,
Gales of holy aspirations wafting us to realms above;
That, with hearts and minds uplifted, we with Christ our Lord may dwell,
Where He sits enthroned in glory in His heav'nly
Citadel.
Now our heav'nly Aaron enters, with His blood, within the veil;
Joshua now is come to
Canaan, and the kings before Him quail;
Now He plants the tribes of Israel in their promised resting place;
Now our great Elijah offers double portion of His grace.
So at last, when He appeareth, we from out our graves may spring,
With our youth renewed like eagles, flocking round our
Heav'nly King. Caught up on the clouds of Heaven, and may meet Him in the air,
Rise to realms where He is reigning, and may reign for ever there.
He has raised our human nature in the clouds to God's right hand;
There we sit in heav'nly places, there with Him in glory stand:
Jesus reigns, adored by angels;
man with God is on the throne;
Mighty Lord, in Thine ascension we by faith behold our own.
Glory be to God the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,
Dying, ris'n, ascending for us, who the heav'nly realm has won;
Glory to the Holy Spirit,
To One God in Persons
Three; Glory both in earth and Heaven, glory, endless glory, be.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum A 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 d (A).
- 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 Christopher Wordsworth, first published in 1862. The tune, REX GLORIAE, is by Henry Thomas Smart (1868). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1862): Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885)
- Music (1868): Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune REX GLORIAE by Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879); words by Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885). 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 See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph
What is the doh of See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph?
In this version, in A major, doh is A. 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 See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph start on?
It starts on d (A in A major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph in the public domain?
Yes. Christopher Wordsworth died in 1885, Henry Thomas Smart died in 1879; the words were first published in 1862 and the music in 1868. 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.