The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended in Tonic Solfa
The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended in Tonic Solfa to ST. CLEMENT: the solfa with the words, staff notation, the five verses, and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| s,The- | mday-f_-mThou- | sgav--m_-rest,- | dLord,-r_-l,is- | dend--t,ed,-l,The- |
| s,dark----s,ness- | dfalls-r_-mat- | rThy---dbe-- | t,hest;---s,To- |
| mThee-f_-mour- | smorn--m_-ring- | dhymns-r_-l,as-- | dcend--t,ed,-l,Thy- |
| s,praise-l,_-t,shall- | dsanc--m_-rti-- | l,fy-d_-t,our- | drest.--- |
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- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- s, (D)
- Range
- s, to s (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- ST. CLEMENT
- Words
- John Ellerton
Tune ST. CLEMENT by Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839–1904); words by John Ellerton (1826–1893). 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 G · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
The darkness falls at Thy behest;
To Thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleeping,
While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.
As o’er each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.
The sun that bids us rest is waking
Our brethren ’neath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord; Thy throne shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away:
Thy kingdom stands, and grows forever,
Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G 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, (D), on the word “The”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 3/4 means three 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
John Ellerton wrote the words, first published in 1870. The tune, ST. CLEMENT, is by Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1874).
- Words (1870): John Ellerton (1826–1893)
- Music (1874): Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839–1904)
Tune ST. CLEMENT by Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839–1904); words by John Ellerton (1826–1893).
Questions about The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
What is the doh of The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. 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 The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended start on?
It starts on s, (D in G major), a pickup on the word “The” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended in the public domain?
Yes. John Ellerton died in 1893, Clement Cotterill Scholefield died in 1904; the words were first published in 1870 and the music in 1874. 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.