For 47 bells. Lyrics included. Transpose with the button above. William Croft (1678-1727) was the organist at St. Anne’s Church, Soho, London, England when he composed this hymn-tune in 1708. It did not gain currency however until 1719 when the Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) paraphrased Psalm 90 to create the lyrics. As the author of no fewer than 750 such hymns Watts came to be called the Father of English Hymnody.