Fish the Right

Nothing but the Blood

Words: Robert Lowry · Tune: PLAINFIELD, Robert Lowry

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Organ and orchestra: an introduction, then each of the 6 verses. Tap a verse’s number to start there.
  1. What can wash away my sin?Nothing but the blood of Jesus;What can make me whole again?Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
  2. For my pardon this I see,Nothing but the blood of Jesus;For my cleansing this my plea,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
  3. Nothing can for sin atone,Nothing but the blood of Jesus;Naught of good that I have done,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
  4. This is all my hope and peace,Nothing but the blood of Jesus;This is all my righteousness,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
  5. Now by this I'll overcome,Nothing but the blood of Jesus;Now by this I'll reach my home,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
  6. Glory! glory! thus I sing,Nothing but the blood of Jesus;All my praise for this I bring,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
    RefrainO precious is the flowThat makes me white as snow;No other fount I know,Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

About this hymn

Words
Robert Lowry, 1876. The earliest printings begin “What can wash away my stain?” As printed in International Song Service (1895), no. 97, with the first line and the order of stanza 2 as in Victory Songs (1920), no. 243.
Tune
PLAINFIELD, Robert Lowry, 1876.
Harmony
Robert Lowry, 1876. Score from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary. Converted to ABC from the CCEH’s MIDI file and checked note for note against it and its score.
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 1876, tune 1876, setting 1876: all published before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Checked: words (hymnary.org), tune (hymnary.org), harmony (ccel.org).