The New Harp of Columbia, Restored Edition

Editor: Marcus Lafayette Swan, W. H. Swan
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 2001
Notes: This "Restored Edition" contains (in an appendix) 36 tunes from the 1848 "Harp of Columbia" that were replaced when the New Harp of Columbia came out in 1867 (see pp. 226-7). Utilizes unique 7-shape notation.
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11Before Jehovah's awful throneOLD HUNDRED
12Come, ye who love the LordALBION
13Blest be the dear uniting loveREFLECTION
14In God's own house pronounce his praiseMEAR
15Why should we start and fear to die?PROSPECT
16How tedious and tasteless the hoursGREENFIELDS
17As on the cross the Saviour hungNEWPORT
18Broad is the road that leads to deathWINDHAM
19Ye nations round the earth rejoiceWELLS
20tThe heav'ns declare thy glory, LordUXBRIDGE
20bThus far the Lord hath led me onHEBRON
21tThy praise, O Lord, shall tune the lyreROCKINGHAM
21bOh, praise the Lord in that blest placeMENDON
22tYe Christian heroes, go proclaimMISSIONARY CHANT
22bHow sweet the light of Sabbath eveORFORD
23tAwake, my tongue, thy tribute bringDANVERS
23bLord, when thou didst ascend on highDUKE STREET
24Come, humble sinner, in whose breastSALVATION
25My Saviour and my King, Thy beauties are divineNINETY-THIRD
26On Jordan's stormy banks I standERIN
27tJesus, Master, hear me nowTHEY THAT CONQUER
27bSwell the anthem, raise the songCHORAL SONG
28tAwake, my soul, to joyful laysLOVING-KINDNESS
28bFather of mercies, God of loveMAYSVILLE
29tWatchman, tell us of the nightCONVOY
29bCome, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languishCOME, YE DISCONSOLATE
30Glorious things of thee are spokenSION'S SECURITY
31My country! 'tis of theeNATIVE COUNTRY
32The time is swiftly rolling onFAREWELL
33tWhy should the children of a KingEBENEZER
33bO for a thousand tongues to singHOLSTON
34tTriumphant Zion, lift thy headANVERN
34bSoon may the last glad song ariseMIGDOL
35When I can read my title clearNINETY-FIFTH
36tWithin thy house, O Lord our GodWATTS
36bBless, O my soul, the living GodUPTON
37When rising from the bed of deathHOPEWELL
38My drowsy pow'rs, why sleep you so?BRADLEY
39tThee, we adore, Eternal NameCHINA
39bUnite my roving thoughts, uniteST. MARTINS
40When I can read my title clearAURORA
41tThe Lord my pasture shall prepareSUDBURY
41bI love the volume of thy wordNASHVILLE
42Blow ye the trumpet, blowLENOX
43And let this feeble body failPLEASANT HILL
44Come, ye that love the LordIDUMEA
45Here, in thy name, eternal GodKEDRON
46Ye objects of sense and enjoyments of timeCONCORD
47Come, let us use the grace divineTHE PROMISED LAND
48O when shall I see JesusCHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATION
49In songs of sublime adoration and praiseLONE PILGRIM
50Sinners, turn, why will you die?BENEVENTO
180Remember, Lord, our mortal stateWHITESTOWN
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