% Version 1.1 % Last edit: March 24, 2006 % The music and words produced by this source code are believed % to be in the public domain in the United States. The source % code itself is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution- % NonCommercial license, % http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ % Attribution: Geoff Horton \version "2.8.0" \include "english.ly" #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 20) title = "I Need Thee Ev'ry Hour" composer = "Robert Lowry" poet = "Annie Sherwood Hawkes" translator = "Refrain by Robert Lowry" piece = "Need" meter = "64.64, with Refrain" arranger = "" world = { \key g \major \time 3/4 \partial 4*1 } melody = \relative c'' { \world \autoBeamOff g | b4. a8 g fs | g2 g4 | g4.( a8) g[ fs] | d2 d4 | a'4. b8 a d, | b'2 g4 | fs4.( g8) fs[ e] | d2 b'4 | b4. a8 c b | b4 a2 | a4. g8 b a | a4 g g | g4. a8 g e | d4 g a | b4.( g8) a4 | g2 \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \world \autoBeamOff b4 | d4. c8 b a | b2 b4 | c2 c4 | b2 d4 | d4. d8 d d | d2 d4 | d4.( e8) d[ cs] | d2 d4 | d4. d8 g g | g4 fs2 | d4. d8 d d | d4 d d | e4. e8 e c | b4 d e | d4.( b8) c4 | b2 } tenor = \relative c { \world \autoBeamOff d4 | g4. e8 d d | d2 d4 | e2 e8[ g] | g2 fs4 | fs4. g8 fs fs | g2 b4 | a2 a8[ g] | fs2 g4 | g4. b8 e d | d4 d2 | c4. b8 d c | c4 b g | g4. g8 g g | g4 g g | g2 fs4 | g2 } bass = \relative c { \world \autoBeamOff g4 | g4. c8 d d | g,2 g4 | c2 c4 | g2 d'4 | d4. d8 d d | g2 g,4 | a2 a4 | d2 g4 | g4. g8 g g | d4 d2 | d4. d8 d d | g,4 g b | c4. c8 c c | g4 b c | d2 d4 | g2 } verseOne = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " I need thee ev -- 'ry hour, Most gra -- cious Lord; No ten -- der voice like thine Can peace af -- ford. I need thee, O I need thee, Ev -- 'ry hour I need thee, O bless me now, my Sa -- viour, I come to thee. } verseTwo = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2. " I need thee ev -- 'ry hour; Stay thou near by; Temp -- ta -- tions lose their pow'r When thou art nigh. } \markup { \column { \fill-line { \large \bold \title } % title \fill-line { \caps \piece % piece \caps \composer % composer } \fill-line { \meter % meter \arranger % arranger } } } \score { \context ChoirStaff << \context Staff = upper << \context Voice = sopranos { \voiceOne << \melody >> } \context Voice = altos { \voiceTwo << \alto >> } \context Lyrics = one \lyricsto sopranos \verseOne \context Lyrics = two \lyricsto sopranos \verseTwo >> \context Staff = lower << \clef bass \context Voice = tenors { \voiceOne << \tenor >> } \context Voice = basses { \voiceTwo << \bass >> } >> >> \layout { \context { \Score % **** Turns off bar numbering \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } \context { \Lyrics % **** Prevents lyrics from running too close together \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6 % **** Makes the text of lyrics a little smaller \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 % **** Moves lines of lyrics closer together \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1 . 1) } } } \markup { \normalsize { \fill-line { \hspace #3.0 \hspace #3.0 \line { "3. " \column { "I need thee every hour," " In joy or in pain;" "Come quickly and abide," " Or life is vain." \italic "Refrain" } } \hspace #3.0 \line { "4. " \column { "I need thee every hour;" " Teach me thy will;" "And thy rich promises" " In me fulfill." \italic "Refrain" } } \hspace #3.0 \hspace #3.0 } } } \markup { \fill-line { " " \column { \small \caps \poet % poet \small \caps \translator % translator } } } \paper { ragged-bottom = ##t top-margin = 0.25\in bottom-margin = 0.25\in } %{ Per _The Hymnal 1940_, 438 first tune. Change log: 3-24-06 Move to 2.8 and current formatting %}