With meter 11 10 11 10 D, tunes it has been set to include
- LONDONDERRY AIR: This is the most commonly used tune, and is best known as the tune of "Danny Boy". The original composer is unknown.
- RED HILL ROAD by American Lutheran composer Carl F. Schalk (b. 1929)
- SALVATOR MUNDI by Kenneth Coates (b 1917)
Sheet music for the LONDONDERRY AIRE version can be viewed on Hymnary.
Downloads
Examples
High school choir - choral arrangement:
Soloist with classical guitar accompaniment, LONDONDERRY AIR
Instrumental - piano, LONDONDERRY AIR
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website - although this is restricted to residents of the USA and Canada. A rough outline is:1 O Christ the same, through all our story's pages ...
2 O Christ the same, the friend of sinners sharing ...
3 O Christ the same, secure within whose keeping ...
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