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I wasn't satisfied with the existing hymn versions I encountered, so I made my own. I omitted verses 5 and 6 for brevity.
I labored over whether to swap the lyrics in verse two, and eventually decided to proceed with the swap. I also labored whether to include verse seven since it is not part of John Newton's original lyrics, neither is it an original part of the hymn it was first printed with in 1790. I decided not to include it because, 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
