Remember O Thou Man
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Description
Accompanied canon for four equal voices (divided however you like), although the score lists SATB. Thomas Ravencroft wrote this text to a different tune (available here), but he wrote this canon as well. Use during your Lessons and Carols service (Advent and Christmas, Lesson 1). Easy and effective.
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Remember O thou man, thy time is spent,
how thou art dead and gone,
for our sake God sent His Son,
Repent, that this for us is done.
Remember O thou man, that Adam's fall
from heaven to hell,
condemned us ever to dwell,
in darkness there perpetual.
Remember O thou man
God's goodness, And the promise made,
Our flesh to take, our sin to pay,
Remember and be not afraid.