O, “Twas a Joyful Sound to Hear COLCHESTER (CM) Tae & Brady, William Tans‘ur's Harmony of Zon, 1734 A New Version of the Psalms of Devid, 1738 1.0, “rms a joy - ful sound to hea, Our Z At Sa = lem’s cours we must ap - pea, With BO pray we then for Sa - —lem's peace; For 4 May peace ‘with — in ty sa ed tally A 5. For ‘my dear breth - en's sake, and friends~ No 6. But most of all TH seek thy good, And Meo Dd = ——_—— = + - ! 1 | +--+ * pe: 6: a SSS 3 tribes: de - vour - ly say: Up Is - mel!- to the our as - sem - bled powers, In strong and--beau - teous they shall pros perous be, Thou bo - ty Ge oy con stant guest. "be © found, With len - ty arid pros ~ ess than breth - ren dear, Tl pray- May peace i evo = er wish thee well, For Si - on and | tem - ple haste, And keep your fes_ - tal day. or - der ranged; Like her w= nit = ed rowers, of our God, Who bear me ilove to see pro - i = yy Thy pal = ae - cs be crammed. Salem's towns A con = stant guest. «= ap = peat, tem - ple’s sake, Where God vouch - safes to dwell. 2 2a ** Note: The tenor part is the melody which everyone sings with the first verse. For those who can sing parts, basses join in verse two, altos in verse three and the sopranos in verse four.