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SDA Hymnal 252

Come, Let Us Sing

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1Come, let us sing the song of songs
The angels first began,
The homage which to Christ belongs:
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"

2Slain to redeem us by His blood,
To cleanse from every stain,
To make us kings and priests to God:
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"

3To Him who suffered on the tree
Our souls' price,
Blessing, and honor, and majesty:
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"

4To Him, enthroned by filial right,
All power in earth and heaven,
To Him be glory, and songs
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"

5Long as we live, and when we die,
And while in heaven we reign,
This song our song of songs shall be:
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"

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Music
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Tune
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Also sung to
Russia (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #104)
Meter
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The verse

Meter
8.6.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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Verse 1

Come, let us sing the song of songs//˘/˘/˘/8A
The angels first began,˘/˘/˘/6B
The homage which to Christ belongs:˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"/˘˘/˘˘˘/8C

Verse 2

Slain to redeem us by His blood,/˘˘/˘˘˘/8A
To cleanse from every stain,˘/˘/˘˘/7B
To make us kings and priests to God:˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"/˘˘/˘˘˘/8B

Verse 3

To Him who suffered on the tree˘˘˘/˘˘˘/8A
Our souls' price,/˘//4B
Blessing, and honor, and majesty:/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘9C
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"/˘˘/˘˘˘/8D

Verse 4

To Him, enthroned by filial right,˘˘???˘/˘˘/10A
All power in earth and heaven,//˘˘/˘/˘8B
To Him be glory, and songs˘˘˘/˘˘/7C
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"/˘˘/˘˘˘/8D

Verse 5

Long as we live, and when we die,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
And while in heaven we reign,˘/˘/˘˘/7B
This song our song of songs shall be:˘//˘/˘/˘˘9C
"Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!"/˘˘/˘˘˘/8B

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.