Song facts
- Original key
- D major
- Type
- Hymn
- Music
- Anonymous American tune (NETTLETON) (traditional)
- Original lyrics
- Robert Robinson (died 1790)
- First published
- 1813
Public-domain songs · Hymn instrumental
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Play the Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing instrumental in the original key of D major, or from 3 semitones lower to 2 higher. Made by MR Maker from a public-domain score.
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Backing track by key
The original key is D major. If it sits too high or too low for your voice, try the shifted versions and pick the one you can sing comfortably.
3 semitones lower (B major)
2 semitones lower (C major)
Original key (D major)
2 semitones higher (E major)
About this song
Robert Robinson, later a Baptist pastor, dated this text 1758 in his own records, when he was about 22. It was printed the following year in a hymn collection for the church in Angel-Alley, Bishopsgate. Americans sing it to NETTLETON, an anonymous tune first found in Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (Harrisburg, 1813), under the name Hallelujah. There is no evidence that Asahel Nettleton composed it. D major is the usual key, in 3/4.
Rights
The melody is in the public domain (first published 1813). MR Maker made this accompaniment from a public-domain score. It contains no lyrics, translations or third-party recordings.
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