About This Song
Text: Karen Lynn Davidson, b. 1943.
Music: English Melody
Arranged by: Timothy Max, b. 1979
Media
SoundCloud Audio
(SSAA & Piano version)
Performed by a student ensemble at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
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This arrangement uses the words for LDS Hymn # 197, O Savior, Thou Who Wearest a Crown, with the traditional English tune used in LDS Hymn # 284, If You could Hie to Kolob. Four arrangements of this piece are available:
SATB Choir & Piano
- SATB Choir & Piano Score | Catalog # 1022.4
- SATB Choir Part | Catalog # 1022.4.A
- Piano part | Catalog # 1022.4.B
SSAA Choir & Piano
- SSAA Choir & Piano Score | Catalog # 1022.3
- SSAA Choir Part | Catalog # 1022.3.A
- Piano part | Catalog # 1022.4.B
Vocal Solo & Piano (For Medium Voice)
- Vocal Solo & Piano Score | Catalog # 1022.2
- Vocal Solo Part | Catalog # 1022.2.A
- Piano part | Catalog # 1022.4.B
Violin Solo & Piano
- Violin Solo & Piano Score | Catalog # 1022
- Violin Solo Part | Catalog # 1022
- Piano part | Catalog # 1022 .4.B
Lyrics
- O Savior, thou who wearest
A crown of piercing thorn,
The pain thou meekly bearest,
Weigh’d down by grief and scorn.
The soldiers mock and flail thee;
For drink they give thee gall;
Upon the cross they nail thee
To die, O King of all. - Thy sacrifice transcended
The mortal law’s demand;
Thy mercy is extended
To ev’ry time and land.
No more can Satan harm us,
Tho long the fight may be,
Nor fear of death alarm us;
We live, O Lord, thru thee. - What praises can we offer
To thank thee, Lord most high?
In our place thou didst suffer;
In our place thou didst die,
By heaven’s plan appointed,
To ransom us, our King.
O Jesus, the anointed,
To thee our love we bring!