Sing the Waters Ever
Flowing
A 3-Verse Anthem
for SATB
Voices and
Organ
Hymn Tune: Nettleton [87. 87. D]
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“Sing the Waters”
is a traditionally
rhymed and metered three‑verse hymn text. The first verse sings of waters
and the Spirit; the second evokes images of light, rain and new growth; and
finally, the third verse is an exhortation to preserve a proverbial 'Tree of Life', and
to invoke the inner presence of a gentle guiding Shepherd.
The hymn tune, Nettleton,
is drawn from John Wyeth’s
Repository of Sacred Music,
Part
Second, (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1813), where it appeared
in an altered form with the tune name, “Hallelujah.” At one point in time,
its authorship was ascribed to Ahasel Nettleton (1783-1844), and that name
has survived into present day hymnals as its proper tune name.
[Hymnal Companion to The
Lutheran Book of Worship, Philadelphia,
1981]
The text is inspirational
in nature and appropriate for general church seasons
and occasions. The setting includes an
organ accompaniment, and it is formatted in a traditional multi-verse SATB anthem layout.
The tune and 3-verse text is also available from FMP in a hymnal format
suitable for congregational singing with organ accompanient.
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