The Head That Once Was Crowned
- Words:
- Thomas Kelley
- Music:
- Jeremiah Clarke
Sheet music
- 1The head that once was crowned with thornsIs crowned with glory now;A royal diadem adornsThe mighty Victor’s brow.The highest place that heav’n affordsIs His by sov’reign right;The King of kings, and Lord of lords,And heav’n’s eternal Light.
- 2The joy of all who dwell above,The joy of all belowTo whom He manifests His love,And grants His name to know.To them the cross, with all its shame,With all its grace, is giv’n;Their name an everlasting name,Their joy the joy of heav’n.
- 3The cross He bore is life and health,Tho’ shame and death to Him,His people’s hope, His people’s wealth,Their everlasting theme.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1820, the words are in 553 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.