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Christ in Song 123

Crown Him

Music: Robert Lowry

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1Crown Him, the children,
Hail Him as thy Saviour true;
Ye lambs of Christ, your tribute bring,
Ye children great and small; Ho - san - na ring.
The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.

RefrainHail, hail, hail, thou holy, holy, holy Lord!
A time to sing through all the earth;
Christ your King, And crown him Lord of all,
And crown him Lord of all.

2Ye lambs of Christ, your tribute bring,
Ye children great and small; Ho - san - na ring.
The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.

3The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.

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The verse

Meter
5.8.8.10.11
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 49% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Crown Him, the children,/˘˘/˘5A
Hail Him as thy Saviour true;/˘˘//˘˘/8B
Ye lambs of Christ, your tribute bring,//˘/˘/˘/8C
Ye children great and small; Ho - san - na ring.//˘/˘/˘/˘/10C
The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11D

Verse 2

Ye lambs of Christ, your tribute bring,//˘/˘/˘/8A
Ye children great and small; Ho - san - na ring.//˘/˘/˘/˘/10A
The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11B

Verse 3

The chil - dren sang what they learned at Jesus' knee.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11A

Refrain

Hail, hail, hail, thou holy, holy, holy Lord!/////˘/˘/˘/11A
A time to sing through all the earth;˘/˘///˘/8B
Christ your King, And crown him Lord of all,/˘/˘/˘/˘/9C
And crown him Lord of all.˘/˘/˘/6C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.