- Meter:
- 8,8,8,8
- Incipit:
- Do-re-mi form:
ddsdmdms|fmfssfmr
- Oxford Hymn Tune Index form:
11513 13543 45543
- Author:
- Lewis Edson
- Other Names:
- Contrast; Greenfield; Newton
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- Music:
- Four-part harmony, full score [Noteworthy Composer score]
- Notes:
- Mistakenly attributed to Maria de Fleury; adapted from a secular
song "Farewell, ye green fields and groves" and used for John
Newton's song "How tasteless and tedious the hours."