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[LM] (8.8.8.8)
[LM R] (8.8.8.8 with a Refrain)
[LMD] (8.8.8.8 D)
[LPM] (8.8.8  8.8.8 for aac,bbc rhyme schemes
               Sometimes called "113th", after the 1562 English version of Psalm 113)
[8.8.8.8.8.8] (For other 6-line, 8's metre words)
[Other]

LM
Abends Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, 1874
Angels Orlando Gibbons, 1623
Angelus Georg Joseph, Heilige Seelenlust, 1657
Appleton William Boyce (1710-1779
Bera John E. Gould, 1849
Brookfield Thomas B. Southgate, 1855
Canonbury adapted from Robert Schuman, c. 1839
Church Triumphant James W. Elliott, 1874
Duke Street Attributed to John C. Hatton, 1793
Erhalt uns, Herr Geistliche Lieder 
(Wittenberg, Germany: 1543)
Ernan Lowell Mason, 1850
Federal Street Henry Kemble Oliver, 1832
Germany William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815
Hamburg Lowell Mason, 1824
Hurlsey Adapted from Metrical Psalter, 1855
Illa Lowell Mason, 1841
Mainzer Joseph Mainzer, circa 1845
Maryton Henry Percy Smith, 1874
Morning Hymn François Hippolyte Barthélémon, c 1789
Old 100th
Old 100th - original version
Genevan Psalter, 1551 Attributed to Louis Bourgeois (1510-1561).
Olive's Brow William Batcheler Bradbury, 1853
Pentecost William Boyd, 1864
Puer Nobis Nascitur Trier manuscript, 15th Century. Adapted by Michael Praetorius, 1609; harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910
Retreat Thomas Hastings, 1842
Rivaulx John Bacchus Dykes, 1866
Rockingham arr. Edward Miller, 1790, from "The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches."
Rosedale George Fredrick Root (1820-1895
St. John (?)  
Storrs Timothy Richard Matthews (1826-1910).
Tallis Canon Thomas Tallis, circa 1567
The Morning Watch  
Truro Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789
Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara Traditional Sweedish
Von Himmel Hoch Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539; harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Ward Arranged from an old Scottish melody by Lowell Mason, 1830.
Wellesy Lizzie Shove Tourjée Estabrook, 1878
Wilson  
Winchester New Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, Germany, 1690; harmonized by William Henry Monk, 1847
Zephyr William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868)

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LM R  (Refrain)
Wonders John Newton
Hosanna John Bacchus Dykes, 1865
He Did Not Die in Vain Grant Colfax Tullar, c1901

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LMD
Anglo-Genevan Psalm 91 c1561, harm. Edward Millar, c1635
Beyond the Sunset Dr. W. O. Perkins
Confidence Homer Rodeheaver
Creation Franz Joseph Haydn, 1798
Duane Street George Coles (1792-1858).
Eifionydd John Ambrose Lloyd, Sr. (1815-1874)
Genevan Psalm CXVIII Louis Bourgeois, 1544.
GreenFields Traditional German melody
He Leadeth Me William Batchelder Bradbury, 1864.
He Lifted Me Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932
HigherGround Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1892
In Babilone Dutch melody; arranged by Julius Roentgen, 1906
This is a very versatile melody. It could be used for some of Dwight's 9,8 and 9,7 words, such as "Bless the Lord Eternal O My Soul"
Jordan Joseph Barnby, 1872
Llangristiolus Joseph Parry (1841-1903)
Memories Horatio Richmond Palmer(1834-1907)
Sagina Thomas Campbell, 1835
Sing to the Lord With Cheerful Voice Dwight Armstrong c. 1970
Sweet Hour William Batchelder Bradbury, 1859
Unless the Lord Shall Build the House Dwight Armstrong c. 1970

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8.8.8  8.8.8
for aac,bbc rhyme schemes Sometimes called "113th", after the 1562 English version of Psalm 113)
Minden Minden (888  888) anonymous, from the 1887 Presbyterian Psalter
Nashville (888  888) Lowell Mason, c1745, from a Gregorian Chant
Old 113th (888  888) Matthäus Greiter (1500-1552)
Redal William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868

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8.8  8.8  8.8
Brownwell Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Carrey's Surrey Henry Carey, circa 1732; harmony from The English Hymnal, 1906.
Eisenach Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630); harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Ellerton Joseph Barnby
Loving Kindness (8,8,8,8,8) William Caldwell; first published in his Union Harmony, 1837
Melita John Bacchus Dykes, 1860 Dykes named the tune the island of Melita, which was the island the Apostle Paul reached after his ship went down (Acts 28:1); Today we know it as the isle of Malta
Park Street (8,8,8,8,8) Frederick Marc Antoine Venua, circa 1810
Pater Ominum (Omnipotent Father)  Henry J.E. Holmes, 1875
The River Flows
(88 88 66 66 8)
M.F. McKirahan, 1878
Selena Isaac Baker Woodbury, 1850.
St. Catherine Henri. F. Hemy 1856, arr. James G. Walton, 1871
St. Petersburg Attributed to Dimitri Stepanovich Bortniansky, 1825
Vater Unser (Our Father) Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, Germany, 1539; harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1726
Veni Cito John Bacchus Dykes, circa 1860.

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Other 8.8
Loving Kindness (8,8,8,8,8) William Caldwell; first published in his Union Harmony, 1837
Park Street (8,8,8,8,8) Frederick Marc Antoine Venua, circa 1810
The River Flows
(88 88 66 66 8)
M.F. McKirahan, 1878
Sagina (8,8,8,8,8,8 r2) Thomas Campbell, 1835

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