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Abide With Me
Public Domain Old-Time, Bluegrass Gospel by Henry F. Lyte in 1847 and the music was composed by William H. Monk.
ARTIST: Henry F. Lyte in 1847 and the music was composed by William H. Monk.
CATEGORY: Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1847; First Recorded in 1928 by Friendship Quartet
RECORDING INFO: Abide With Me [Me III-E6] - Henry F. Lyte & William H. Monk
Mf - Workers Funeral Hymn
Friendship Quartet 1928
Smokey Mountain Sacred Singers 1928
Famous Roxy Male Quartette 1931
Jim & Beverly Long/Ina Mae Spivey 1932
Time Tested Melodies That Never Grow Old, Cole, fol (1930), p60
Chapple, Joseph Mitchell / Heart Songs, Chappell, Bk (1909), p447
Glassmacher, W. J. (ed.) / Songs for Children, Amsco, fol (1934), p180
Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p130
Lorenz, Ellen J.(ed.) / Men's Get-Together Songs, Lorenz, Fol (1938), p 79/#113
Benziger, Barbara; & Eleanor Dickinson (eds.) / That Old-Time Religion, Harper & Row, Sof (1975), p103
Johnson, Charles (ed) / One Hundred & One Famous Hymns, Hallberg, Bk (1982), p 75
Herder, Ronald (ed.) / 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics, Dover dn500/500, Sof (1998), p 2
Holland, Carmen. All Time Favorite Sacred Songs on the Autoharp, Sound Productions, LP (197?), trk# A.03
Winston, Winnie. Steel Wool, Philo 1058, LP (1978), trk# A.07b
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade; Wiki
NOTES: "Abide with Me" with music by William Henry Monk (Melody name Eventide) and words by Henry Francis Lyte (Meter 10 10 10 10) is commonly played at funeral services and is a favorite Old Standard hymn.
Lyte wrote it in 1847 while he lay dying from tuberculosis, living only three weeks after its completion. The hymn tune most often used with this hymn is "Eventide" composed by William Henry Monk in 1861.
From Wiki: Phrases of the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is often noted for their similarity to Monk's Eventide.
Thelonious Monk recorded an instrumental version of "Abide with Me" with his jazz septet as the first track of the 1957 album Monk's Music. In 2006, two different takes of the recording were released on The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings, an anthology of Thelonious Monk's work with John Coltrane.
FA Cup Final
Since 1927, the first verse of the hymn is traditionally sung at the FA Cup Final before the kick-off of the match, at around 2.45pm BST.
Challenge Cup Final
The hymn is sung prior to kick-off at every rugby league Challenge Cup final since 1929, the first final to be held at Wembley Stadium.
Popular versions iclude Vic Reeves – 1991 dance-mixed version and Elton John – 1997 album Carnival: Rainforest Foundation Concert.
Abide With Me- Henry F. Lyte & William H. Monk
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around I see
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord
Familiar, condescending, patient, free
Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.
Come not in terrors, as the King of kings
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.
Thou on my head in early youth didst smile
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.
I need Thy presence every passing hour
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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