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GREENWICH.
L. M.
"I
have
seen
the
wicked
in
great
power,
and
spreading
himself
like
a
great
bay
tree."-PS.
37:
35.
Key
of
E
Minor.
DANIEL
REED,
1793.
Lord,
what
a
thoughtless
wretch
was
I,
To
mourn, and
murmur,
and
repine,
To
see
the
wicked
placed
on
high,
In
pride
and
robes
of
hon
-
our
shine.
But
But
But
oh,
their
end,
their
dreadful
end,
Thy
sanctuary
taught
me
so,
On
slip'ry
rocks
I
see
them
stand,
And
fie
-
ry
billows
roll
be
-
low.
One
of
the
oldest
books
in
which
we
have
been
able
to
find
the
tune
"Greenwich"
is
the
"Presbyterian
Psalmist,"
page
364.
This
book
was
printed
very
early
in
the
19th
century,
and
perhaps
even
an
earlier
date
than
this;
it
is
highly
probable
in
the
18th
century.
We
gather
from
the
remarks
on
page
364
of
this
old
book
that
the
tune
had
been
of
long
standing
at
the
time
of
this
"Presbyterian
Psalmist."
Also
see
John
Wyeth's
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music,"
1810,
page
108.
We
find
the
words
"A
few
tunes
embraced
in
the
Assembly's
list,"
so
imperfect
in
their
structure
that
any
effort
toward
appropriate
correction
would
have
destroyed
the
identity.
These
tunes
the
editor
has
thought
fit
to
throw
together
at
the
close
of
this
volume
without
the
slightest
revision.
See
"Sacred
Harp,"
by
White
and
King,
1844
to
1869.
Same
words
in
all
the
books.
It
was
first
published
in
the
author's
book,
1793,
"Columbian
Harmony."