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'''"Chester"''' is an American hymn tune. It was originally composed by [[Wikipedia:William Billings|William Billings]] in 1770 (revised in 1778) as a patriotic anthem for New England. It was frequently sung during the American Revolutionary War, its popularity rivaled only by "Yankee Doodle" as a unofficial national anthem. In 1786, the tune was also used for one setting of [[Wikipedia:Philip Doddridge|Philip Doddridge]]'s hymn ''Let the high heavens your songs invite'', written in England in 1755. This use of the tune became a favorite of [[Wikipedia: Sacred Harp|Sacred Harp singers]] in the American South, finding use in [[Religion|Protestant church services]]. | '''"Chester"''' is an American hymn tune. It was originally composed by [[Wikipedia:William Billings|William Billings]] in 1770 (revised in 1778) as a patriotic anthem for New England. It was frequently sung during the American Revolutionary War, its popularity rivaled only by "Yankee Doodle" as a unofficial national anthem. In 1786, the tune was also used for one setting of [[Wikipedia:Philip Doddridge|Philip Doddridge]]'s hymn ''Let the high heavens your songs invite'', written in England in 1755. This use of the tune became a favorite of [[Wikipedia: Sacred Harp|Sacred Harp singers]] in the American South, finding use in [[Religion|Protestant church services]]. | ||
Sometime during the [[Human-Covenant War]], an [[Unggoy]] learned to sing the altered version of the song from a [[human]] [[Prisoner of war|prisoner]] who eventually perished in captivity. In [[2558]], he sang part of the tune to [[Fireteam Osiris]] at a [[Swords of Sanghelios]] base camp. [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Jameson Locke]] thought it was an interesting song. | Sometime during the [[Human-Covenant War]], an [[Unggoy]] learned to sing the altered version of the song from a [[human]] [[Prisoner of war|prisoner]] who eventually perished in captivity. In [[2558]], he sang part of the tune to [[Fireteam Osiris]] at a [[Swords of Sanghelios]] base camp. [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Jameson Locke]] thought it was an interesting song.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', ''campaign level [[Alliance]]''</ref> | ||
==Doddridge verse== | ==Doddridge verse== | ||
