Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist in Tonic Solfa
Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (F♯)
- Range
- d to d' (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- UNDE ET MEMORES
- Words
- William H. Turton
- Music
- William Henry Monk
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune UNDE ET MEMORES by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by William H. Turton (1856–1938). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| mThou,- | mwho--datdThy-rfirst- | mEu---mcha-mrist-fdidst- |
| spray-----mThat- | rall-mThy-fChurch--fmight |
| fbe-mfor--sev--mer- | rone,-----mGrant- |
| mus--datdev--r'ry- | mEu---mcha-mrist-fto- |
| ssay-----mWith- | llong--sing-feheart--feand |
| ssoul,-l"Thy-twill-lbe- | sdone."-----sO- |
| d'may-swe-fall-mone- | lbread,-lone-d'bo--ldy- |
| sbe,-----sThrough- | fthis-mblest-rsac--dra-- |
| lment--fofmun--ri-- | dty.----- |
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 D · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in D major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Thou, who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray
That all Thy Church might be forever one,
Grant us at ev'ry Eucharist to say
With longing heart and soul, "Thy will be done."
O may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.
For all Thy Church, O Lord, we intercede;
Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease;
Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of Peace;
Thus may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.
We pray Thee too for wand'rers from Thy fold;
O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,
Back to the faith which saints believed of old,
Back to the Church which still that faith doth keep;
Soon may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.
So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
May we be one with all Thy Church above,
One with Thy saints in one unbroken peace,
One with Thy saints in one unbounded love;
More blessèd still, in peace and love to be
One with the Trinity in unity.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum D 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 m (F♯), on the word “Thou”, 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 l t and the chromatic fe. 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 William H. Turton, first published in 1881. The tune, UNDE ET MEMORES, is by William Henry Monk (1875). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1881): William H. Turton (1856–1938)
- Music (1875): William Henry Monk (1823–1889)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune UNDE ET MEMORES by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by William H. Turton (1856–1938). 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 Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist
What is the doh of Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist?
In this version, in D major, doh is D. 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 Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist start on?
It starts on m (F♯ in D major), a pickup on the word “Thou” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist in the public domain?
Yes. William H. Turton died in 1938, William Henry Monk died in 1889; the words were first published in 1881 and the music in 1875. 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.