Fly Crick (Nathaniel Billings)
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- (Posted 2021-11-02) CPDL #66499:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-02). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Oval notes. Transcribed from Harmony of Harmony, 1802.
- (Posted 2021-11-02) CPDL #66498:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-02). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from Harmony of Harmony, 1802.
General Information
Title: Fly Crick
First Line: When all thy mercies, O my God
Composer: Nathaniel Billings
Lyricist: Joseph Addison
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1795 in The Republican Harmony, no. 20
2nd published: 1802 in Harmony of Harmony
Description: Title "Fly-Creek" in 1795, changed (apparently by Billings) to "Fly Crick" in 1802. "Crick" is backwoods and rural American dialect for "Creek". Words by Joseph Addison, 1712.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at When all thy mercies, O my God.