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Shall We Gather at the River: bass part

The bass part of Shall We Gather at the River in Eb, from Bb2 to Ab3. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the roots on just three notes, E-flat, B-flat and A-flat, high on A-flat for the chorus's "Yes, we'll gather" and "Gather with the saints".

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Bb2 to Ab3
Key
Eb
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About Shall We Gather at the River

Words: Robert Lowry (1864)

Tune: Robert Lowry (1864)

Shall We Gather at the River is Robert Lowry's hymn of 1864, words and music both his. Its earliest known printing, in 1865, called it Beautiful River, and its tune was later named Hanson Place, after the Brooklyn Baptist church where he was pastor when he wrote it. It was one of the film director John Ford's favourite hymns, heard in many of his westerns, Stagecoach and The Searchers among them. Our arrangement is read from Lowry's own four parts in his Bright Jewels for the Sunday School of 1869, in E-flat as printed. This is the first verse and the chorus for 2 to 4 singers, cheerful and steady.

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