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#337: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Nov. 19th, 2020 10:02 pmIf I were still doing the "question and answer" style, this would be one like "Were You There" where the title is already a question. "Well...did he? Really? For me? Yes, yes he did."
The story we were often retold in "memorizing hymns challenge" for youth choir is that Isaac Watts was strictly disciplined for his poetry habits as a child, and is alleged to have pleaded, "Oh father, do some pity take, and I will no more verses make." Oops.
The melody is major, so while slightly more fitting for a tune called "Martyrdom," still a little incongruous.
The story we were often retold in "memorizing hymns challenge" for youth choir is that Isaac Watts was strictly disciplined for his poetry habits as a child, and is alleged to have pleaded, "Oh father, do some pity take, and I will no more verses make." Oops.
The melody is major, so while slightly more fitting for a tune called "Martyrdom," still a little incongruous.
