Wigan Lyrics

Title: Wigan (The Lord my Shepherd is)
Composer: Thomas Firth
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: First published in Sacred Harmony [1784] by Rev. Ralph Harrison of Manchester, where it was unattributed, but later published by Thomas Firth in his A Set of original Psalm and Hymn Tunes [c1810], and claimed there as his own.

Description: Hymn Tune Index tune number 4468.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 23.