Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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313b Cobb

Words: St. 1 Isaac Watts, 1707 & St. 2, 1719

Music: P. Dan Brittain, 1971

Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground,
Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up ev’ry tuneful sound
To praise th’eternal God.

Creatures with all their endless race,
Thy pow’r and praise proclaim;
But saints that taste Thy richer grace
Delight to bless Thy name.