“O come and look awhile on Him,

whom we have pierced, who for us died.

Together let us look and mourn,

Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.”

I think that the tune Deep Harmony adds the necessary sonority and depth to the reflection – especially when we consider Faber’s original words:

“O come and mourn with me awhile;

O come ye to the Saviour’s side;

O come, together et us mourn:

Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.”

The latest S.A. songbook suggests Warrington or Hursley as appropriate tunes, but I think Deep Harmony adds the necessary sonority and depth to the reflection.

(Image: The Isenheim Altarpiece: sculpted/painted by Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau / Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516. On display at Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, Alsace, France.