Press the play button (above) to hear verse 1 of this arrangement.
 
Carolyn Robson's score is in three parts (SAB). There are six verses.
 
This old classic has passed into the oral tradition and can surely count as a folk hymn. The lyrics were, originally, by the Englishman John Newton (1725-1807). The tune is New Britain, a folk melody from the United States, first linked with Newton’s lyrics by William Walker (1809-1875).