Song facts
- Original key
- C major
- Type
- Hymn
- Music
- Philip P. Bliss (died 1876)
- Original lyrics
- Horatio G. Spafford (died 1888)
- First published
- 1876
Public-domain songs · Hymn instrumental
It Is Well with My Soul
Play the It Is Well with My Soul instrumental in the original key of C 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 C 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 (A major)
2 semitones lower (B♭ major)
Original key (C major)
2 semitones higher (D major)
About this song
Horatio Spafford wrote this text in 1873. His wife and four daughters had sailed ahead of him on the SS Ville du Havre, which sank after colliding with the Loch Earn; only his wife survived. The singing evangelist Philip Bliss set the words and named the tune after the lost ship. Bliss and Ira Sankey first printed the hymn in Gospel Hymns No. 2 in 1876, the same year Bliss died in the Ashtabula rail disaster. Hymnary.org gives the tune in C major, moving in 4/4.
Rights
The melody is in the public domain (first published 1876). MR Maker made this accompaniment from a public-domain score. It contains no lyrics, translations or third-party recordings.
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