Christ — Sufferings and Death

Come, O my soul, to Calvary

No. 332
Metre P. M.
Tune CALVARY.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 6/8
9 stanzas

Words

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Come, O my soul, to Calvary, Calvary, Calvary,And see the Man who died for thee,Upon th' accursed tree.

Chorus.

How can I forget thee!How can I forget my Lord!How can I forget thee!Dear Lord, remember me.

Behold the Saviour's agonyWhile groaning in GethsemaneBeneath the sins of men.

With purple robe and thorny crown,And mocking soldiers bowing down,The Saviour bears my shame.

Behold, they shed his precious blood!O, hear him cry, "My God, my God,Hast thou forsaken me?"

He died! the earth was robed in gloom!They laid him then in Joseph's tomb,While soldiers watched around.

But in the light of dawning dayBright angels rolled the rock away,And Christ, the Conqueror, rose.

Now he who died on CalvaryStill lives to plead for you and meAnd bids us look and live.

Soon he who once was scourged and boundShall come again, with glory crowned,And reign forevermore.

His saints shall crown him Lord of all;Before him every foe shall fall,And every knee shall bow.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.»; hymn number «332» (large), tune name «CALVARY. P. M.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). No reference line. Stanza 1 is interlinear under system 1 (roman), with «1.» before «Come,»; «Calvary» is sung three times there («Cal-va - ry, Cal-va-ry, Cal-va-ry,»), and «accursed» is printed as one word under two notes. System 2 is headed «Chorus.» (bold) and carries the chorus in italics: «How can I for - get thee! How can I for - get my Lord! How can I for - get thee! Dear Lord, re - mem - ber me.». The chorus is printed once; stanzas 2–9 (text below the music, 2–5 in the left column, 6–9 in the right, numbers without a period, three lines each) are sung to the verse music and followed by the chorus, which is not repeated in print. «Anon.» in italics at the right after stanza 9. The print sets a thin space before «!», «?» and «;» («blood !», «me ?», «all ;») and after the opening quotation mark; it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 3 of each stanza are indented in the print.