"Shadows fall" is sung to a descending group of notes (D C Bb), so there's a musical sense of that "fall[ing]."
Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.
Showing posts with label I Lie O Lord within Your Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Lie O Lord within Your Care. Show all posts
Friday, July 29, 2022
"I Lie, O Lord, within Your Care"
Last year, I noticed a small feature in "I Lie, O Lord, within Your Care." The first line of the third verse is "When shadows fall, I will not dwell" (the sense is completed by the following line: "On troubles that distress me"), sung to this phrase from the tune "Ich liege, Herr, in deiner Hut":
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