Friday, April 04, 2008

Turn your sound on

What's that then?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How lovely to hear 'Come thou fount of every blessing' - pity Duke Special alias Pete never got to sing it at Andrew's wedding due to his rise to fame!

Cosmo said...

I've listened to the opening line several times now. Does he sing 'Come THY fount...' rather than 'Come THOU fount..'? I'm sure there's a difference in meaning, but not being particularly versed in King James English (the language God speaks??) I'm not sure what that difference is.

Nevertheless, I'm sure it's better than my rendition when I sing it to myself which usually ends up as 'Come thou FONT of every blessing.' What's that then? Times New Roman 12pt, I think.

Ali said...

Cosmo, I think the 'thou' 'thy' thing is just the Belfast accent. He does have a particularly strong Belfast accent!

Cosmo said...

Yes, listening again, I think you're right. A bit like that other great hymn, All hail the parr of Jesus name.