MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…
Display Title: O Lord, we know it matters notFirst Line: O Lord, we know it matters notTune Title: MARTYRDOM (Avon)Author: Mary Bowley PetersDate: 1950