Christ in Song 225
OUR KING
Music: GEO. H. GABRIEL
1OUR peerless king of glory, On his triumphant throne; We bring our songs before thee, We're by thy mercy known.
RefrainWe sing, we sing The praise of our king; We sing, we sing The glo-ry of our king.
2We love to sing his praises And tell the stories bold, Of him who from dwelling In God's own fold.
3O Saviour blessed Saviour, Whose love is thy crown; We worship now before thee, While hosts thy feet bow down.
- Music
- GEO. H. GABRIEL
Copyright, 1900, by GEO. H. GABRIEL. Used by permission.
The verse
- Meter
- 28
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 38% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
OUR peerless king of glory, On his triumphant throne; We bring our songs before thee, We're by thy mercy known./˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘///˘//˘/28A
Verse 2
We love to sing his praises And tell the stories bold, Of him who from dwelling In God's own fold.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘///23A
Verse 3
O Saviour blessed Saviour, Whose love is thy crown; We worship now before thee, While hosts thy feet bow down.˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘////////26A
Refrain
We sing, we sing The praise of our king; We sing, we sing The glo-ry of our king.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/21A
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.