The Kingdom Satan Founded in Tonic Solfa
The Kingdom Satan Founded in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- d to s (F to C, a fifth)
- Tune
- AU MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE
- Words
- Thomas Hansen Kingo, Carl Døving
- Music
- David Wolder
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AU MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE by David Wolder (died 1604); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by Carl Døving (1867–1937). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dThe- | dking--sdom-mSa--dtan- | dfoun--m_-rded-mShall- |
| snow-fbe-mo--rver-- | dthrown,---__dFor- |
| dChrist-sits-mfall-dhath- | dsoun--m_-rded,-mAnd- |
| sthrough-fHis-mpow'r-ra-- | dlone---__mShall- |
| mSa--stan-smeet-mhis- | rdoom,---__dAnd- |
| mbe-ffor-saye-rcon-- | mfoun----dded;-mHe- |
| sfrom-fthe-msouls-dhe- | dwoun--m_-rded-mShall- |
| sflee-fin-mfear-rand- | dgloom.--- |
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 F · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
The kingdom Satan founded
Shall now be overthrown,
For Christ its fall hath sounded,
And through His pow'r alone
Shall Satan meet his doom,
And be for aye confounded;
He from the souls he wounded
Shall flee in fear and gloom.
Though he would bind forever
Our lips with bands of hell,
Yet Christ, sent to deliver,
Can loose those bands full well,
That e'en the dumb may raise
His voice with joy and pleasure
And sing in sweetest measure
To God his thanks and praise.
O Jesus! my distresses
To Thee are known full well,
Thou seest how Satan presses
My soul's weak citadel;
His aim is to control
My members and my senses,
With sin and with offenses
He steals into my soul.
Anon my tongue he bindeth
That God it shall not praise;
Anon my eyes he blindeth
To hide the light of grace;
Now he my ears doth close
To hinder me from hearing
The Gospel's sound so cheering
And soothing in my woes.
To God I raise my crying
Before the mercy seat,
And on His Word relying
I grace of Him entreat,
That He for Jesus' sake
Would cleanse my soul and spirit
Through Jesus' blood and merit,
And Satan's power break.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 (F), on the word “The”, 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 — only 5 different notes, so it is a good one for a choir new to solfa. 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 Carl Døving (1908). The tune, AU MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE, is by David Wolder (1598). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1689): Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)
- Translated (1908): Carl Døving (1867–1937)
- Music (1598): David Wolder (died 1604)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune AU MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE by David Wolder (died 1604); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by Carl Døving (1867–1937). 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 The Kingdom Satan Founded
What is the doh of The Kingdom Satan Founded?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Kingdom Satan Founded start on?
It starts on d (F in F major), a pickup on the word “The” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is The Kingdom Satan Founded in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Hansen Kingo died in 1703, Carl Døving died in 1937, David Wolder died in 1604; the words were first published in 1908 and the music in 1598. 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.