This melody is sometimes known as "Hallelujah".
The lyric "Come, Thou fount of every blessing ..." by Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790)
is set to nine different tunes in The Sacred Harp, The Southern Harmony
and The Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. The verses differ from
version to version and some were printed with only the first verse.
The Sacred Harp:
The Southern Harmony:
The Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second:
29 Shields
104 New Monmouth
112 Hallelujah (this tune)
119 Concert
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The hymn is #499 in The Lutheran Book of Worship and
#807 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
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