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I wasn't satisfied with the existing hymn versions I encountered, so I made my own.

I labored over whether to swap the lyrics in verse two, and eventually decided to proceed with the swap. I omitted verses 5 and 6 for brevity. I also decided not to include the traditional verse seven since it is not part of John Newton's original lyrics, neither was it an original part of the other hymn it was first printed with in 1790; and, for me, it doesn't continue the themes of John Newton's lyrics.

The folk tune has been published under various names as early as 1829. The first time the tune was paired with the lyrics for Amazing Grace was in 1835 under the name of New Britain, by which is it now most commonly known.

Lyric source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2006pre79197/?st=pdf&pdfPage=95

New Britain source: http://www.markrhoads.com/amazingsite/TunePages/NewBritain.htm

New Britain variants: http://www.markrhoads.com/amazingsite/TunePages/NewBritainVariants1.htm

Amazing Grace – John Newton (Choral arrangement) by Jason Hunsaker


Amazing Grace – John Newton (Hymn version) by Jason Hunsaker

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