Song of Songs

Reference	First Line	Writer(s)	Date	Meter	Verses
1	To the Lord we're as a garden			8 7 8 7 and refrain	None
1	Let him embrace my soul and prove	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
1:2	I stand amazed when I realise	Paul Oakley	©1990 Thankyou Music	.	None
1:3	How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s	John Newton	1779	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	16
1:3	His Name is as ointment poured forth	A. Cadman		.	1
1:3	From the sleep of ages	Stuart Townend	©1995 Thankyou Music	.	None
1:3	There have been names that I have loved	Lela B. Long	20 cent	.	3
1:3	Jesu the virgins' Crown do Thou Accept	Ambrose of Milan. John Mason Neale tr/ad John Mason Neale	4 cent	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
1:3	Sight hearing feeling taste and smell	John Newton		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
1:3	Jesus how fragrant is thy name Tis	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
1:3	Jesus That soft and tender word How melt	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
1:3	Jesus if thou vouchsafe to guide We will	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
1:4	Nearer still nearer close to Thy heart Draw me my	Lelia Naylor Morris	1898	9 10 9 10 extended	4
1:4	In memory of the Saviour's love	Thomas Cotterill	1805	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
1:4	I will rejoice in You	Unknown		.	1
1:4	And now O Father mindful of the love	William Bright	1874	10 10 10 10 10 10	4
1:4	And now O Father mindful of the love	William Bright Jubilate Hymns tr/ad Jubilate Hymns	©1874 Jubilate Hymns	10 10 10 10 10 10	None
1:4	Jesus my Saviour bind me fast In cords	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
1:4	Lord how sweet thy drawings are	Benjamin Beddome	1818	7 7 7 7	4
1:5	When I of myself Attempt a review I find	Benjamin Beddome	1818	5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5	5
1:7	Thou Shepherd of Israel and mine The joy and	Charles Wesley Joseph Hart		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	8

1:7	Witness ye men and angels now Before the	Benjamin Beddome	1815	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
1:7	Thou whom my soul admires above	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
1:7	His flock the heavenly Shepherd feeds By	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
1:7	Dear Saviour tell us where Thy sweetest	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	5
1:14	As the bridegroom to His chosen	Johannes Tauler Emma Frances Shuttleworth Bevan tr/ad Emma Frances Shuttleworth Bevan	1858	8 7 8 7 6	5
1:14	Thy name is sweet as ointment poured	Witness Lee		10 10 10 10	8
1:14	Lord Jesus Christ our heart feels sweet	Witness Lee		8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra	4
1:14	I cannot breathe enough of Thee O gentle	W. Spencer Walter		8 6 8 8 6 extended	5
1:28-34	Bless the Lord our fathers' God	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	7 7 7 7	None
2:1	I have found a friend in Jesus He's	Charles William Fry	1881-12-29	.	3
2:1	Lo how a rose ever blooming from tender	16th Century German Carol Friedrich Layritz (Layriz) John Casper Mattes Theodore Baker Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth tr/ad Theodore Baker Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth	15 cent,1894,1875,19	7 6 7 6 6 7 6	5
2:1	I've found a friend in Jesus	Charles William Fry		.	3
2:1	Valley lilies meek and lowly	Flora Kirkland		8 7 8 7	4
2:1	Jesus Rose of Sharon Bloom within	Ida Augusta Guirey	c.1922	11 11 11 11 with refrain	4
2:1	Down in the valley midst lilies sweet	Anonymous S. C. Theodore Ramsey tr/ad S. C. Theodore Ramsey		11 10 11 10 and refrain	4
2:1	Donkey and ox around his bed sleeps	Paul Wigmore	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
2:1	In Sharon's lovely Rose Immortal	Lloyd Hymns John Dobell		6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	2
2:1	Thou the Rose of Sharon Let Thy praises	Russell Kelso Carter		6 5 6 5 D and refrain	4
2:1-4	Behold the Rose of Sharon here	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
2:3	Dear Lord thy word of truth affords A	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4

2:4	He brought me to His banqueting table	Kevin Prosch	©1991 Mercy/Vineyard	.	None
2:4	I am the apple of God's eye	Jim Bailey	©1996 Thankyou Music	.	None
2:4	At Thy feet our God and Father Who has blest us	James Drummond Burns	1861	8 7 8 7	6
2:4	O God Whose love is over all	John Haynes Holmes	1909	8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)	3
2:4	Surrounded by unnumbered foes	Gerald Massey	1863	8 8 8 8 8 8	3
2:4	Jesus spreads his banner o'er us	Roswell Park	1836	8 7 8 7 D	2
2:4	Go forward Christian soldier beneath His	Lawrence Tuttiett	1861	7 6 7 6 D	4
2:4	Bear the good tidings all over the world	Eliza Edmunds Hewitt	1896	10 10 10 10 r 10 10 5	4
2:4	We are children of the King And His	Helen Howarth Lemmel	1922	.	3
2:4	While the sons of earth retiring From the sacred	Roswell Park	1836	8 7 8 7 D	3
2:4	On toilers onward never looking downward	Agnes C. Woolston	1898	10 10 10 4 and refrain	3
2:4	At Thy feet our God and Father Who has blest us	James Drummond Burns	1861	8 7 8 7 D	3
2:6-7	Behold the Rose of Sharon here	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
2:8	How sweetly doth He show His face How gently speak	Horatius Bonar		8 6 8 4	6
2:8	There's a light upon the mountains	Henry Burton	1910	8 7 8 7 D	5
2:8	His voice as the sound of the dulcimer	Anonymous		11 8 11 8 D	5
2:8	Come then O Lord of glory show us your	TIm Manion	©1976 Timothy Manion	.	None
2:8-12	From the sleep of ages	Stuart Townend	©1995 Thankyou Music	.	None
2:8-13	The voice of my Beloved sounds Over the	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
2:10	Come away to the skies my beloved arise	Charles Wesley	1755	6 6 9 6 6 9	8

2:10	Rise up and hasten My soul haste along	Joseph Denham Smith		.	5
2:10-12	O voice of the Beloved Thy bride hath	Jackson Mason	1889	7 6 7 6 D	4
2:10-13	Come see the winter is past the rain is	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	7 7 11 7	None
2:10-13	Sing when the rain is coming sing when	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
2:11-12	Roses bring and lilies sweet Now to cast	Eliza Morgan Sherman		7 7 7 7 D and refrain	3
2:12	The little flowers came through	Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards	1890	8 8 8 6 D	3
2:12	The winter is over and gone at last The days of	Arthur Cleveland Coxe	1862	irregular	4
2:12	When spring unlocks the flowers to paint	Reginald Heber		7 6 7 6 8 6 8 6	4
2:14	Christ will me His aid afford	Johnson Jr. Oatman	1900	7 8 7 8 and refrain	4
2:14	Speak I pray Thee gentle Jesus O how	William Williams (Pantycelyn)		8 7 8 7 D	2
2:14-17	Hark the Redeemer from on high	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
2:16	My beloved is mine and I am His	Unknown		.	1
2:16	Jesus I am resting resting in the joy	Jean Sophia Pigott	1876	8 7 8 5 D and refrain	4
2:16	Loved with everlasting love Led by grace	George Wade Robinson	1876	7 7 7 7 D extended	4
2:16	Jesus Thy name I love All other names	James George Deck	1842	6 6 4 6 6 6 4	4
2:16	God of heaven with the heart	Stuart Townend	©1992 Thankyou Music	.	None
2:16	If Christ is mine then all is mine And	Benjamin Beddome	1817	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
2:16	Fade fade each earthly joy Jesus is mine	Jane Catharine Lundie Bonar	1843	10 10 12 10	4
2:16	O Lamb of God Whose love divine Draws	Vincent Stuckey Stratton Coles	1868	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
2:16	A long time I wandered in darkness	Philip Paul Bliss		11 11 11 11 with refrain	3

2:16	He brought me to His banqueting table	Kevin Prosch	©1991 Mercy/Vineyard	.	None
2:16	I lift my heart to Thee Saviour divine	Charles Edward Mudie	1872	6 4 6 4 10 10	6
2:17	When the mists have rolled in splendour	Annie Herbert Barker	1883	8 7 8 7 D and refrain	3
2:17	Far away beyond the shadows	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby		8 7 8 7 and refrain	4
2:17	We are marching to the city On the hill	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby		8 7 8 7 D	3
2:17	Some day we say and turn our eyes			.	2
2:17	Tis night but O the joyful morn Will	Edward Denny	1838	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
3:1	To thee O God of grace In my distress I	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	4
3:1-5	Often I seek my Lord by night Jesus my	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
3:2	All ye who tread fair Salem's streets	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	3
3:2	From the sleep of ages	Stuart Townend	©1995 Thankyou Music	.	None
3:11	Daughters of Zion come behold	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
4:1-11	Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
4:9	Catch the fire	Chris A. Bowater	©1996 Sovereign Life	.	None
4:10	I stand amazed when I realise	Paul Oakley	©1990 Thankyou Music	.	None
4:11	Thy mount O Lebanon How fruitful and how	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	4
4:12	Thou to whom all hearts are known Deign	Benjamin Beddome	1818	7 7 7 7	4
4:12	From Thy dear pierced side Unspotted	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 6 6 8 8	3
4:12-15	We are a garden walled around Chosen	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
4:13	Planted by God's right hand Where living	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	3
4:16	O Holy Ghost Thy people bless Who long	Henry Williams Baker	1874	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
5:1	We are a garden walled around Chosen	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
5:2	Behold where He stands at the door of thy heart O	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	1870	11 11 11 11 11 11	3
5:8	To those who know the Lord I speak Is my	William Cowper		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
5:9-16	The wond'ring world inquires to know	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
5:10	With my whole heart I will praise You	Graham Kendrick	©1981 Thankyou Music	.	None
5:10	The Saviour comes no outward pomp	William Robertson	1745	8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra	4
5:10	Jesus thou fairest dearest One What	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	3
5:10	I will love thee all my treasure I will love thee	Sarah Borthwick Findlater		8 7 8 7 7 7	4
5:10	My Lord He is the fairest of the fair	Joan Parsons	©1978 Thankyou Music	.	None
5:13	My Lord He is the fairest of the fair	Joan Parsons	©1978 Thankyou Music	.	None
5:16	Beautiful the fields beyond the river	George Frederick Root		.	3
5:16	O God of loveliness O Lord of Heaven	Alfonso (Alphononso) Maria de’ Liguon Edmund Vaughan tr/ad Edmund Vaughan	1863	12 12 12 12	4
5:16	Blessed Jesus what transcendent grace	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
5:16	Jesus how lovely is his face Innumerable	Benjamin Beddome		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
5:16	My soul's best Friend What joy and	Wolfgang Christoph Dessler (Deszler) Geistreiches Gesangbuch tr/ad Geistreiches Gesangbuch	1692	9 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 8	6
5:16	I can see that you love Jesus first	Bob Fitts	©1986 C A Music/Musi	.	None
5:16	Thou art fairer than the morning O my	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby		8 7 8 7 and refrain	4
6:1-3	When strangers stand and hear me tell	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
6:3	He brought me to His banqueting table	Kevin Prosch	©1991 Mercy/Vineyard	.	None
6:3	The waves are tossing billows roll And	Joel A. Erickson	2005	8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)	3
6:4	Who is this that grows	Phil Rogers	©1984 Thankyou Music	.	None
6:10	Beautiful Saviour King of Creation	German Jesuits Joseph August Seiss tr/ad Joseph August Seiss	1677,1873	10 7 10 8	4
6:10	O Jesu Thou the beauty art Of angel	Bernard of Clairvaux Edward Caswall tr/ad Edward Caswall	12 cent,1849	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
6:10	Washed in the Saviour's blood And seated	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	3
6:10	Who is this that grows	Phil Rogers	©1984 Thankyou Music	.	None
6:10	Fairest Lord Jesus ruler of all nature	German Jesuits Lilian Stevenson Joseph August Seiss tr/ad Lilian Stevenson Joseph August Seiss	1677,1873	5 6 8 5 5 8	7
6:12	When strangers stand and hear me tell	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
6:13	How fickle and how frail am I How change	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
7:5-13	Now in the galleries of his grace	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
8:5	Jesus if thou vouchsafe to guide We will	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
8:5	And is it so that I must die Ere long	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
8:5-7	Who is this fair one in distress	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
8:6	O Jesus my Lord how sweetly you lie	Michael A. Perry	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
8:6-7	Wind who makes all winds that blow	Thomas Troeger	© 1983 Thomas H. Tro	7 7 7 7 D	None
8:13-14	Who is this fair one in distress	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
8:14	Fly ye seasons fly still faster Let the	Thomas Kelly	1809	8 7 8 7 4 7 extended	4
8:14	Come see the winter is past the rain is	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	7 7 11 7	None

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