Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (chromatic)

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HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY NAME
Trans: Clarece Walworth
Catholic hymn
Key: G
Time: 3/4

3  3  3-2* 3   -3 -4 -3   3
Ho-ly God, we praise Thy Name;
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Lord of all, we bow be-fore Thee!
 3  3   3-2*  3  -3 -4 -3  -3
All on earth Thy scep-ter claim,
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All in Heav'n a-bove a-dore Thee;
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In-fi-nite Thy vast do-main,
6  6  -5 4 -4  4-4 -3   3
Ev-er-last-ing is Thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.


This is a beautiful classic Catholic hymn, 
used by the Church for a couple of centuries. 
The words are at'trib'ut'ed to Ig'naz Franz, 
in Ma'ria The're'sa's Ka'thol'isch'es Ge'sang'buch 
(Vi'en'na: cir'ca 1774) trans'lat'ed from Ger'man 
to Eng'lish by Clar'ence A. Wal'worth, 1858.

It is still sung today in many conservative or traditional Catholic
circles, usually as a Benediction (adoration) hymn.