Fish the Right

Holy, Holy, Holy

Words: Reginald Heber · Tune: NICAEA, John B. Dykes

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Organ and orchestra: an introduction, then each of the 4 verses. Tap a verse’s number to start there.
  1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!
  2. Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
  3. Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,Only Thou art holy; there is none beside TheePerfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.
  4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

About this hymn

Words
Reginald Heber, 1823. As printed in The Hymnal (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (1895), no. 80.
Tune
NICAEA, John B. Dykes, 1861.
Harmony
Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869. Score from the Open Hymnal Project.
Recordings
Arranged and recorded by Fish the Right, from the harmony above: the melody note for note and every chord the hymnal’s own. Played on the Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0), with organ, strings, brass and timpani from VSCO 2 Community Edition by Versilian Studios (the organ sampled by Simon Dalzell); drums from Virtuosity Drums and bass from Black And Blue Basses by Versilian Studios and Karoryfer Samples; pads from GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins; made with abcMIDI, sfizz, FluidSynth and FFmpeg.
Rights
Words 1823, tune 1861, setting 1869: all published before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Checked: words (hymnary.org), tune (hymnary.org), harmony (openhymnal.org).
Scripture
Revelation 4:8–11 · Isaiah 6:3