For the words see the preceding hymn, SDAH 154.   The tune ROCKINGHAM OLD was first published in 1790 by Edward Miller, organist at Doncaster Parish Church for 50 years! Born in Norwich, England, in 1731, he ran away from home and studied music. with Charles Burney, and for a while played the German flute in Handel’s orchestra. Cambridge University conferred the D.Mus. on him in 1786. He died at Doncaster, Yorkshire, September 11 or 12, 1807. Maintaining a keen interest in raising the standards of church music, he published many articles and collections, including Psalms of David Set to Music, 1774, and Thoughts on the Present Performance of Psalmody in the Established Church of England. Addressed to the Clergy, 1791. This tune was in his Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches, 1790, where it is described as “part of a melody taken from a hymn tune.” It is derived from a triple-time tune called TUNBRIDGE appearing in Aaron Williams’ Psalmody in Miniature, c. 1780. Miller noted that this would make a good Long Meter tune. It is named in honor of Miller\’s friend and patron, the marquess of Rockingham, who was twice prime minister of Great Britain. Williams also contributed the tunes MEAR, SDAH 39, and ST. THOMAS, SDAH 344 and 372.