![]() ![]() Christian rock band Jars of Clay and veteran Christian artist Scott Wesley Brown have also covered the song.It has been covered by the David Crowder Band on their 1999 album All I Can Say.Christian artist Fernando Ortega recorded a version on his album Hymns & Meditations in 1994.Nancy Bryan sings a version of this hymn on her album Neon Angel from 2000.Catholic artist Audrey Assad recorded a version of this hymn on her “Good to Me” EP in 2013.Mosquito Fleet- arrangement, instrumentation and vocals by Mosquito Fleet- Swings & Cloves EP in 2001.There have been innumerable recordings of this song. Nettleton, while several phrases are changed. A version titled “O Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and attributed to Robert Robinson is found in several shape-note hymnals of the American South. It splits verse 2 into two parts and the last half of verse 3 is appended to each part to form two verses. Many choirs, including the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, sing it in an arrangement by Mack Wilberg. Various revised versions appear in hymnals, often changing phrases or replacing the reference to Ebenezer. The version in Nazarene hymnals and those of the Holiness movement replaces “wandering” with “yielded,” and “prone to wander” with “let me know Thee in Thy fullness”. The unusual word Ebenezer commonly appears in hymnal presentations of the lyrics (verse 2). The English transliteration of the name Samuel gives to the stone is Ebenezer, meaning Stone of Help. The lyrics, which dwell on the theme of divine grace, are based on 1 Samuel 7:12, in which the prophet Samuel raises a stone as a monument, saying, “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us” ( KJV). Occasionally, as the note below notes, that word is replaced. However, we do know a fair amount about what the text means and from where it derives. There is not a *lot* that is known about the composition of the text. For example, the tune “Warrenton,” which first appeared in the 1838 edition of William Walker‘s Southern Harmony, is sung in 4/4 time or 2/2 cut time to fit the text to this melody, the second half of each verse is omitted and replaced with a chorus of “I am bound for the kingdom, will you come to glory with me? / Hallelujah, praise the Lord!” Because most singers have the lyrics memorized, it can be sung at remarkably fast tempos without stumbling over the words. ![]() In the shape note tradition, most tunebooks have one or more tunes other than “Nettleton” that use Robinson’s lyrics, in part, or in whole, often adding a camp meeting-style revival chorus between each verse. The “Nettleton” tune is also quoted at the end of “My Trundle Bed” by Tullius C. Asahel Nettleton also published music, so some attribute his namesake tune directly to him. In the United Kingdom, the hymn is also often set to the tune “Normandy” by C Bost. The “Nettleton” tune is used extensively in partial or full quotation by the American composer Charles Ives, in such works as the First String Quartet and the piano quintet and song “The Innate”. In the United States, the hymn is usually set to an American folk tune known as “Nettleton”, which first appears in Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (1813), possibly collected by Elkanah Kelsey Dare, who was the musical editor ( John Wyeth himself was a printer). The tune appears on page 112 in F major for two voices (tenor and bass), with a revival chorus (Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we are on our journey home) the facing page has another musical setting (“Concert”) in A minor without any chorus. The musical part of the composition has an interesting backstory. This is still a relatively popular hymn, known to tens of millions of people around the world. Come Thou Fount of Every BlessingĬlothed in flesh, till death shall loose me “ Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is a Christian hymn written by the pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson, who penned the words in the year 1758 at the age of 22. For more of my random posts on random topics (PSAs, Ads, music, miscellany), click HERE: ![]()
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