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Sing the Waters Ever Flowing

A  3-Verse Hymn Text
for Unison Voices and Organ or Keyboard(s)
Hymn Tune: Nettleton   [87. 87. D]

(2 Pages of Music in Hymnal Format
)

Notes

                                                            “Sing the Waters” is a traditionally rhymed and metered three‑verse hymn text. The first verse sings of waters and the Spirit; the second evokes images of light, rain and new growth; and finally, the third verse is an exhortation to preserve a proverbial 'Tree of Life', and to invoke the inner presence of a gentle guiding Shepherd. 

            The hymn tune, Nettleton, is drawn from John Wyeth’s
Repository of Sacred Music, Part  Second, (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1813), where it appeared in an altered form with the tune name, “Hallelujah.” At one point in time, its authorship was ascribed to Ahasel Nettleton (1783-1844), and that name has survived into present day hymnals as its proper tune name.  [Hymnal Companion to The Lutheran Book of Worship, Philadelphia,
1981]

            The text is inspirational in nature, appropriate for general church seasons and occasions. The setting includes an organ accompaniment, and it is formatted in a traditional two page hymnal layout.

PDF booklet available February 2022

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