Here’s another one that I don’t remember singing, but it’s in the book, and I like it.
340 Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
—The Concordia Hymnal(Augsburg Publishing House), 1960.
Here’s one for my friend, the Canadian piper (no, that’s not a bird).
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#1 || 11·08·07··16:23 || neil
This is one of my favourite hymns. Didn't know it would fit into the bagpipe scale. I might try and learn it. How did you get the youtube embed to show only audio?
#2 || 11·08·07··16:41 || David Kjos
What does “bagpipe scale” mean?
To show audio only, I just cut the picture off by setting the height to 27. And, as I’ve just learned (by experimenting), 30 will show the progress bar.
#3 || 11·08·10··06:47 || neil
I should have said the bagpipe range and key. The pipes are fixed in the key of B major I think, and the range is a run of nine notes from low G up to high A.
If a tune can be transposed into this key and range, then the pipes can play it. Or as in the case of Abide with Me, a couple notes fall out of the range, so they player substituted concordant notes that are in the range.