Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Robert Robinson's hymn of 1758 to the American tune Nettleton, in the four parts The Methodist Hymnal printed in 1905, for 2 to 4 singers: the first verse, bright and lilting in three, every line one breath. The alto sings close under the tune, and for "Teach me some melodious sonnet" everyone climbs together before the opening tune comes back.
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The first verse
Words: Robert Robinson (1758)Tune: "Nettleton", from Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (1813)
Come, thou Fount of every blessing,Tune my heart to sing thy grace;Streams of mercy, never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,Sung by flaming tongues above;Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it,Mount of thy redeeming love.
About Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing has words by Robert Robinson, who wrote them in his early twenties; his own list of his writings dates the hymn to 1758. Its tune, Nettleton, has its earliest known printing in John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, in 1813. It is named after the preacher Asahel Nettleton, and some books credit him with it, but who wrote it is not known. Our arrangement is read from the four parts The Methodist Hymnal printed in 1905, in E-flat. This is the first verse for 2 to 4 singers, bright and lilting in three, every line one breath.
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