There is a green hill far away

"There is a green hill far away"
Christian hymn
The hymn as it appears in the 1868 appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern
GenreHymn
OccasionPassiontide
Textby Cecil Frances Alexander
LanguageEnglish
MeterC.M. (86.86)
Melody"Horsley"

"There is a green hill far away" is a Christian hymn, originally written as a children's hymn but now usually sung for Passiontide. The words are by Cecil Frances Alexander, and the most popular tune by William Horsley.[1]

  1. ^ "There is a green hill far away (StF 284)". www.methodist.org.uk.