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CMMS # 84

Title:
Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publisher:
Canterbury Press Norwich (Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd.)
Date Published:
2000
ISBN:
185311264X
No of songs:
628
.

FIRST LINE
SONGWRITERS
DATES
METER
LYRICS?
1
Awake my soul and with the sun
Thomas (Bishop) Ken
1674
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
2
Christ whose glory fills the skies
Charles Wesley
1740
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
3
Father we praise Thee now the night is
Gregory I (the Great) tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
1906
11 11 11 5
Yes
4
Lord as the day begins
TImothy Dudley-Smith
©1984
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
5
My Father for another night Of quiet
Henry Williams Baker
1875
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
6
New every morning is the love Our
John Keble
1827
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
7
O splendour of God's glory bright
of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges & John Mason Neale
4 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
8
The day is filled with splendour




9
This is the day the Lord hath made
Isaac Watts
1719
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
10
Abide with me fast falls the eventide
Henry Francis Lyte
1847
10 10 10 10
Yes
11
As now the sun's declining rays
Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Chandler
1736
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
12
At even when the sun was set The sick
Henry Twells
1868
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
13
Before the ending of the day Creator of
of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Mason Neale
1852
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
14
Glory to Thee my God this night
Thomas (Bishop) Ken

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
15
God that madest earth and heaven Slumber
Reginald Heber & William Mercer & Richard Whateley
1827
8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4
Yes
16
Hail gladdening Light Of His pure glory
Greek tr/ad by John Keble
3 ce

Yes
17
O gladsome light O grace
Greek tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
3 ce
6 6 7 6 6 7
Yes
18
O Strength and Stay upholding all
of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Ellerton & Fenton John Anthony Hort
1871
11 10 11 10
Yes
19
Round me falls the night Saviour be my
William Romanis
1878
10 8 8 10
Yes
20
Saviour again to Thy dear name
John Ellerton
1866
10 10 10 10
Yes
21
Sun of my soul Thou Saviour dear It is
John Keble
1820
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
22
The day Thou gavest Lord is ended
John Ellerton
1870
9 8 9 8
Yes
23
The duteous day now closeth Each flower
Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
1648
7 7 6 7 7 8
Yes
24
Come Thou long expected Jesus
Charles Wesley
1744
8 7 8 7
Yes
25
Creator of the starry height Thy peoples
Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
26
Hark a thrilling voice is sounding
Latin tr/ad by Edward Caswall
5 ce
8 7 8 7
Yes
27
Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
Philip Doddridge
1735
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
28
Hark what a sound and too divine
Frederic William Henry Myers
1867
11 10 11 10
Yes
29
Hills of the north rejoice River and
Charles Edward Oakley & (Editors) English Praise
1870
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
30
Lift up your heads ye mighty gates
Georg Weissel tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1642
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
31
Lo He comes wIth clouds descending
John Cennick tr/ad by Charles Wesley & Martin Madan
1752
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
31
O day of God draw nigh In beauty and
Robert Balgarnie Young Scott
1937
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
32
O come O come Emmanuel And ransom
Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholi Latin Hymn & Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
12 c
8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
Yes
34
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Chandler & Charles Winfred Douglas
1736
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
35
People look east The time is near
Eleanor Farjeon
1928
8 7 9 8 8 7
Yes
36
The Advent of our King/God
Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Chandler
1736
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
37
The Lord will come and not be slow
John Milton
1648
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
38
The people that in darkness sat
John Morison
1770
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
39
Wake O wake With tidings thrilling
Philipp Nicolai tr/ad by Francis Crawford Burkitt
1599

Yes
40
Ye servants of the Lord Each in his
Philip Doddridge
1755
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
41
A great and mighty wonder A full
Germanus of Constantinople tr/ad by John Mason Neale & others
734,
7 6 7 6 r 7 6 7
Yes
42
A stable lamp is lighted




43
All my heart this night rejoices
Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1656
8 6 6 D
Yes
44
Angels from the realms of glory
James Montgomery
1816
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
45
Away in a manger no crib for a bed
John Samuel Bowley Monsell & J.T. McFarland
1885
11 11 11 11
Yes
46
Behold the great Creator makes
Thomas Pestel

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
47
Child of the stable's secret birth
TImothy Dudley-Smith
©1983
8 9 9 9 9 8
Yes
48
Christians awake salute the happy morn
John Byrom
1749
10 10 10 10 10 10
Yes
49
Come Thou Redeemer of the earth
of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Mason Neale
c.39
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
50
Dost thou in a manger lie Who hast all
Jean Mauburn tr/ad by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
1494
7 6 7 6 7 7 5 7 7 5
Yes
51
From heaven high I come to you


8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
52
Glory to God all heaven in joy is




53
Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
Charles Wesley
1739
7 7 7 7 D and refrain
Yes
54
I cannot tell why He whom angels worship
William Young Fullerton
1929
11 10 11 10 11 10 11 12
Yes
55
In the bleak mid-winter
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1872

Yes
56
It came upon the midnight clear
Edmund Hamilton Sears
1849
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
57
Joy to the world the Lord is come
Isaac Watts
1719
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
58
Long ago prophets knew
Fred Pratt-Green
©1971
6 6 6 6 6 and refrain
Yes
59
Love came down at Christmas
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1885
6 7 6 7
Yes
60
Lullay lullay thou little tiny child
Renaissance carol
15 c

Yes
61
O come all ye faithful joyful and
John Francis Wade tr/ad by Frederick Oakeley & others

6 6 10 5 6 and refrain
Yes
63
O little town of Bethlehem How still we
Phillips Brooks
1867
8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
Yes
64
Of the Father's love begotten Ere the
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by John Mason Neale & Henry Williams Baker
5 ce
8 7 8 7 8 7 7
Yes
66
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
1848
8 7 8 7 7 7
Yes
67
See amid the winter's snow
Edward Caswall
1851
7 7 7 7 and refrain
Yes
68
See Him lying on a bed of straw
Michael A. Perry
©

Yes
69
Silent night holy night All is calm
Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke & John Freeman Young
c.18

Yes
70
The great God of Heaven is come down
Henry Ramsden Bramley

11 11 11 11 with refrain
Yes
71
The Maker of the sun and moon
Laurence Housman
1906
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
72
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour
Frank Houghton tr/ad by Old French Carol
©1934
9 8 9 8 9 8

73
Unto us a Boy is born King of all
Unknown tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
©15 c
7 7 7 7 extended
Yes
75
Where is this stupendous stranger
Christopher Smart

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
76
While shepherds watched their flocks by
Nahum Tate
1700
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
78
Who would think




79
God whose love is everywhere
TImothy Dudley-Smith
©1993
7 7 7 5 7 7 5
Yes
80
When candles are lighted on
Elizabeth Cosnett
©1992
11 11 r 9 9
Yes
81
Lord for the years your love has kept an
TImothy Dudley-Smith
©1967
11 10 11 10
Yes
82
O God whom neither time nor space
Horace Smith

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
83
As with gladness men of old Did the
William Chatterton Dix
1860
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
84
Brightest and best of the sons of the
Reginald Heber
1811
11 10 11 10
Yes
85
Earth has many a noble city Bethlehem
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by Edward Caswall
c.40
8 7 8 7
Yes
86
From the eastern mountains pressing on
Godfrey Thring
1873
6 5 6 5 D
Yes
87
Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
James Montgomery
1821
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
88
How bright appears the morning star
Philipp Nicolai tr/ad by William Mercer
1597
8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8
Yes
89
O worship the Lord in the beauty of
John Samuel Bowley Monsell
1863
12 10 12 10
Yes
90
Songs of thankfulness and praise
Christopher Wordsworth & F. Bland-Tucker
1862
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
91
We three kings of Orient are
John Henry Jr. Hopkins
1857
8 8 4 4 6 and refrain
Yes
92
Christ when for us you were baptized
F. Bland-Tucker

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
93
When Jesus came to Jordan
Fred Pratt-Green
©1980
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
94
Hail to the Lord who comes Comes to His
John Ellerton
1880
6 6 6 6 6 6
Yes
95
Forty days and forty nights Thou wast
George Hunt Smyttan & Francis Pott
1856
7 7 7 7
Yes
96
Jesus lover of my soul Let me be to
Charles Wesley
1740
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
97
Lord Jesus think on me And purge away
(5th Century) Synesius of Cyrene tr/ad by Allen William Chatfield
c.43
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
98
Lord teach us how to pray aright With
James Montgomery
1818
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
99
My spirit longs for Thee Within my
John Byrom
1773
6 6 6 6
Yes
100
Ah holy Jesus how hast Thou offended
Johann Heermann tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
1930
11 11 11 5
Yes
101
All ye who seek for sure relief In
Latin tr/ad by Edward Caswall
18 c
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
102
Alone thou goest forth O Lord
Peter (Pierre) Abelard

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
103
And didst thou travel light dear Lord




104
At the cross her station keeping Stood
Unknown tr/ad by Edward Caswall

8 8 7 8 8 7
Yes
105
Beneath the Cross of Jesus I fain
Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane
1868
7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
Yes
106
Drop drop slow tears And bathe those
Phineas Fletcher
1633
10 10
Yes
107
Father whose everlasting love
Charles Wesley
1741
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
108
Glory be to Jesus Who in bitter pains
S. Alfonso tr/ad by Edward Caswall
c.18
6 5 6 5
Yes
109
It is a thing most wonderful Almost too
William Walsham How
1872
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
110
Jesus grant me this I pray Ever in
Latin tr/ad by Henry Williams Baker
1753
7 7 7 7
Yes
111
Jesus Thy blood and righteousness
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad by John Wesley
1739
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
112
My song is love unknown My Saviour's
Samuel Crossman
1664
6 6 6 6 8 8 extended
Yes
113
Nature with open volume sounds (stands)
Isaac Watts
1707
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
114
O come and mourn with me awhile
Frederick William Faber
1849
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
115
O cross of Christ immortal tree


8 6 8 6 (C.M.)

116
O dearest Lord Thy sacred head
Henry Ernest (Father Andrew) Hardy
©
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
117
O love divine What hast Thou done
Charles Wesley
1742
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
118
O love how deep how broad how high
Latin & Thomas à Kempis tr/ad by Benjamin Webb
15 c
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
119
O sacred head surrounded by crown of
Bernard of Clairvaux & Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Henry Williams Baker
1861
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
121
Sing my tongue the glorious battle
Venantius Honorius Clementianu Fortunatus tr/ad by Percy Dearmer & John Mason Neale
569,
8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
122
The royal banners forward go The cross
Venantius Honorius Clementianu Fortunatus tr/ad by John Mason Neale
569,
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
123
There is a green hill far away Outside a
Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
1848
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
124
To mock your reign O dearest Lord
Fred Pratt-Green
©1973
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
125
We sing the praise of Him who died
Thomas Kelly
1815
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
126
Were you there when they crucified my
American Folk Hymn


Yes
127
When I survey the wondrous cross
Isaac Watts & Hymns Ancient and Modern
1707
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
128
All glory laud and honour To Thee
Theodulph of Orleans tr/ad by John Mason Neale
c.82
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
129
Ride on Ride on in Majesty In lowly
Henry Hart Milman
1820
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
130
An Upper Room did our Lord prepare
Fred Pratt-Green
©1974
9 8 9 8
Yes
131
Blest by the sun the olive tree




132
Go to dark Gethsemane Ye that feel the
James Montgomery
1820
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
133
Great God your love has called us here
Brian A. Wren
©1977
8 8 8 8 8 8

134
This is the night dear friends the night
Peter (Pierre) Abelard tr/ad by Richard Sturch
©1990
11 10 11 10
Yes
135
A brighter dawn is breaking and earth
Percy Dearmer
1906
7 7 7 7
Yes
137
Alleluia Alleluia Hearts to heaven Sing
Christopher Wordsworth
1872
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
138
At the Lamb's high feast we sing Praise
Latin tr/ad by Robert Campbell
1632
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
139
Blest be the everlasting God The Father
Isaac Watts & William Cameron

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
140
Christ is alive Let Christians sing
Brian A. Wren
©1969
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
141
Christ the Lord is risen again
Wipo of Burgundy tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1531
7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
Yes
142
Come let us with our Lord arise
Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
143
Come ye faithful raise the strain
John of Damascus tr/ad by John Mason Neale
8 ce
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
144
Finished the strife of battle now


8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
145
Good Christian men rejoice and sing
Cyril Argentine Alington & Norman Mealy
©1958
8 8 8 and Alleluias
Yes
146
Good Joseph had a garden
Alda M. Milner-Barry
1926
7 6 8 6
Yes
147
Jesus Christ is risen today Alleluia
Bohemian Latin carol & Charles Wesley & others
14 c
7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
Yes
148
Jesus lives thy terrors now Can O death
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert tr/ad by Frances Elizabeth Cox
1757
7 8 7 8 4
Yes
149
Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky
Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
7 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
150
Love's redeeming work is done
Charles Wesley
1739
7 7 7 7
Yes
151
Most glorious Lord of life that on this
Edmund Spenser
1595
10 10 10 10
Yes
152
Now is eternal life If risen with Christ
George Wallace Briggs

6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
153
Now the green blade rises
John MacLeod Campbell Crum
1928
11 10 10 11
Yes
154
O sons and daughters let us sing
Jean Tisserand tr/ad by John Mason Neale & others
1494
8 8 8 and Alleluias
Yes
155
Paschal feast Upon the cross




156
Sing choirs of heaven Let saints and




157
The day of resurrection Earth tell it
John of Damascus tr/ad by John Mason Neale
c.75
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
158
The Lord is risen indeed And are the
Thomas Kelly
1802
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
159
The strife is over the battle is done
Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum tr/ad by Francis Pott
12 c
8 8 8 and Alleluias
Yes
160
Thine be the glory risen conquering Son
Edmond Louis Budry tr/ad by Richard Birch Hoyle
©1884
10 11 11 11 and refrain
Yes
161
This joyful Eastertide What need
Fred Pratt-Green
©
6 7 6 7 and refrain
Yes
162
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Your sweetest
Fulbert of Chartres tr/ad by Robert Campbell
1850
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
163
All hail the power of Jesus Name
Edward Perronet & John Rippon
1779
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
164
Christ above all glory seated
Unknown tr/ad by James Russell Woodford
13 c
8 7 8 7
Yes
165
Christ is the King O friends rejoice
George Kennedy Allen Bell
1933
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
166
Crown Him with many crowns The Lamb
Matthew Bridges & Godfrey Thring
1852
6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
Yes
167
Hail the day that sees Him rise Alleluia
Charles Wesley & Thomas Cotterill
1742
7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
Yes
168
Hail Thou once despised Jesus
John Bakewell & Martin Madan
1757
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
169
Jesus our hope our heart's desire
Latin tr/ad by John Chandler
c.7
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
170