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The Lily of the Valley in Tonic Solfa

The Lily of the Valley in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.

Key
F major
Doh
F
Time
6/8
Starts on
d (F)
Range
s, to l (C to D, a ninth)
Tune
SALVATION
Words
Charles William Fry
Music
William Shakespeare Hays

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SALVATION by William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907); words by Charles William Fry (1838–1882). Sources and licences.

The solfa with the words

Doh is F6/8
dI've,m_sfound-salfriend-sinsJe-msus,---dHe'srev--dery-dthing-l,tos,me,--dHe's-rthe
mfair--mestmof-mtenlthou--ssandmto-dmyrsoul;--------dThe-m_
sLi--slylof-sthesVal-mley,---dinrHim-da-dlone-l,Is,see--dAll-rI
mneed-mtorcleanse-dandrmake-rmedful--t,lydwhole.--------_dIn-
dsor-frow-fHe's-fmyfcom-lfort,---linltrou-sble-sHe's-mmysstay;--mHe-r_
dtells-dmedev--derylcare-sonmHim-dtorroll.--------dHe's-mthe
sLi-sly-lof-sthesVal-mley,---dtherBright-danddMorn--l,ings,Star,--dHe's-rthe
mfair--mestrof-dtenrthou--rsanddto-t,mydsoul.--------

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 · 6/8

| d,m I've| s - s l - s found a friend in| s m - - - d Jesus, He's| r - d d - l, everything to| s, - - d - r |me, He's the
| m - m m - m fairest of ten| l - s m - d thousand to my| r - - - - - soul;| - - - d - m |The
| s - s l - s Lily of the| s m - - - d Valley, in| r - d d - l, Him alone I| s, - - d - r |see All I
| m - m r - d need to cleanse and| r - r d - t, make me fully| d - - - - - whole.| - - - _ d - |In
| d f - f - f sorrow He's my| f l - - - l comfort, in| l s - s - m trouble He's my| s - - m - r |stay; He
| d - d d - d tells me every| l - s m - d care on Him to| r - - - - - roll.| - - - d - m |He's the
| s s - l - s Lily of the| s m - - - d Valley, the| r - d d - l, Bright and Morning| s, - - d - r |Star, He's the
| m - m r - d fairest of ten| r - r d - t, thousand to my| d - - - - - soul.| - - - |

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.

The words

I've found a friend in Jesus,
He's everything to me,
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble
He's my stay; He tells me every care on Him to roll.
He's the Lily

Refrain

of the Valley, the Bright and
Morning Star, He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne;
In temptation He's my strong and mighty tow'r;
I'll all for Him forsake now,
I'll all my idols tear
From my heart for now He keeps me by His pow'r.
Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,
Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal.
He's the Lily

He'll never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here,
So I live by faith and do His blessed will;
A wall of fire about me,
I've nothing now to fear,
With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.
When crown'd at last in glory,
I'll see His blessed face,
Where rivers of delight shall ever roll.
He's the Lily

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 “I've”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
  • Count the time. 6/8 means two dotted-crotchet beats (six quavers) in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
  • 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 Charles William Fry, first published in 1881. The tune, SALVATION, is by William Shakespeare Hays (1881). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

  • Words (1881): Charles William Fry (1838–1882)
  • Music (1881): William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907)

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SALVATION by William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907); words by Charles William Fry (1838–1882). 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 Lily of the Valley

What is the doh of The Lily of the Valley?

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 Lily of the Valley start on?

It starts on d (F in F major), a pickup on the word “I've” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.

Is The Lily of the Valley in the public domain?

Yes. Charles William Fry died in 1882, William Shakespeare Hays died in 1907; the words were first published in 1881 and the music in 1881. 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.

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