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'''''Forest Green''''' is a hymn tune which has been for nearly a century the usual tune for [[O Little Town of Bethlehem]] in Great Britain. In origin it is a [[folk tune]] usually called ''The Ploughboy's Dream''; it was arranged for hymnic use by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] in ''[[The English Hymnal, 1906|The English Hymnal]]''. It is generally construed metrically as [[8 6 8 6 D]]. | '''''Forest Green''''' is a hymn tune which has been for nearly a century the usual tune for [[O Little Town of Bethlehem]] in Great Britain. In origin it is a [[folk tune]] usually called ''The Ploughboy's Dream''; it was arranged for hymnic use by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] in ''[[The English Hymnal, 1906|The English Hymnal]]''. It is generally construed metrically as [[8 6 8 6 D]]. | ||
=General Information= | |||
*English melody, arr. [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (1872–1958), 1906 | |||
==Texts sung to this tune== | ==Texts sung to this tune== | ||
*[[All Beautiful the March of Days]] | *[[All Beautiful the March of Days]] | ||
*[[I Sing the Mighty Pow'r of God]] | *[[I Sing the Mighty Pow'r of God]] | ||
*[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]] | *[[I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly]], by anon., ca. 1840 | ||
**Arrangement copyright for the version of ''Forest Green'' used in the [[current LDS hymnal]]): © Oxford University Press | |||
*[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]], by [[Phillips Brooks]] (1835–1893) | |||
[[category:Tunes]] | [[category:Tunes]] | ||
[[category:Hymn Tunes arranged from Folk Tunes]] | [[category:Hymn Tunes arranged from Folk Tunes]] | ||
[[category:8 6 8 6 D]] | [[category:8 6 8 6 D]] | ||
[[category:Public Domain Arrangements]] | |||
[[category:Restricted Arrangements]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:49, 14 February 2009
Forest Green is a hymn tune which has been for nearly a century the usual tune for O Little Town of Bethlehem in Great Britain. In origin it is a folk tune usually called The Ploughboy's Dream; it was arranged for hymnic use by Ralph Vaughan Williams in The English Hymnal. It is generally construed metrically as 8 6 8 6 D.
General Information
- English melody, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), 1906
Texts sung to this tune
- All Beautiful the March of Days
- I Sing the Mighty Pow'r of God
- I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly, by anon., ca. 1840
- Arrangement copyright for the version of Forest Green used in the current LDS hymnal): © Oxford University Press
- O Little Town of Bethlehem, by Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
