The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns - a New Tune

Words: Thomas Kelly, Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, fifth edition (Dublin, Ireland: 1820).

The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty victor's brow.
The highest place that Heav'n affords
Belongs to Him by right;
The King of kings and Lord of lords,
And Heaven's eternal Light.

The joy of all who dwell above,
The joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love,
And grants His Name to know.
To them the cross with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of Heaven.

They suffer with their Lord below;
They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know
The mystery of His love.
The cross He bore is life and health,
Though shame and death to Him,
His people's hope, His people's wealth,
Their everlasting theme.

New Tune by David & Julie Rowbory

in C or D.

A simple music score (PDF format): With Margins No margins   The original/common music was by Jeremiah Clark Link to the normal music used
	Recordings
	Instrumental version
	Male vocal version
	Not so good recordings!
	MIDI: Choir/Organ
	MIDI: Flute/Strings
	MIDI: Just Piano
	Low quality vocal audio recording (420K, MP3)
All recordings and notation © Copyright David & Julie Rowbory 2006-8. Please contact us if you would like to use any of this music. There will be no charge, but we would appreciate the courtesy of acknowledgement.

Note

Most work on this was done before I had access to programs like GarageBand, so it's not as good as it could be.