There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood in Tonic Solfa
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood in Tonic Solfa to CLEANSING FOUNTAIN: the solfa with the words, staff notation, the five verses, and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dTheremis | sa--lfoun-stain-d'filled- | d'with--lbloods_-dDrawnmfrom |
| sIm---sman-l_suel’sm_d_ | rveins,-----dAndmsin- |
| sners--lplungedsbe--d'neath- | d'that--lfloods_-d'Loser'all |
| m'their--d'guilt-r'y-m'stains- | d'_-----d'Loser'all |
| m'their--d'guilt-r'y-m'stains- | d'_--lLosed'all-ltheir- |
| sguilt---syl_sstainsm_d_ | r_-----dAndmsin- |
| sners--lplungedsbe--d'neath- | d'that--lfloods_-d'Loser'all |
| m'their--d'guilt-r'y-m'stains- | d'_----- |
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- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (C)
- Range
- d to m' (C to E, a tenth)
- Tune
- CLEANSING FOUNTAIN
- Words
- William Cowper
- Music
- American Traditional
Tune CLEANSING FOUNTAIN (American Traditional); words by William Cowper (1731–1800). 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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in His day;
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away:
Washed all my sins away,
Washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away.
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are safe, to sin no more:
Are safe, to sin no more,
Are safe, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are safe, to sin no more.
E’er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die:
And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
When this poor, lisping, stamm’ring tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save:
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save;
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum C 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 (C), on the word “There”, 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 s l — 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
William Cowper’s words were published in 1772 and later in the Olney Hymns of 1779. The tune CLEANSING FOUNTAIN is an early American melody, which some books credit to Lowell Mason.
- Words (1772): William Cowper (1731–1800)
- Melody (in print by 1874): American Traditional
Tune CLEANSING FOUNTAIN (American Traditional); words by William Cowper (1731–1800).
Questions about There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
What is the doh of There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood?
In this version, in C major, doh is C. 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 There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood start on?
It starts on d (C in C major), a pickup on the word “There” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood in the public domain?
Yes. William Cowper died in 1800; the words were first published in 1772 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.