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Traditional American Melody
First published in John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, NETTLETON, the tune for "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" comes from an unknown source. Wyeth published two volumes, the second with the assistance of Methodist preacher and musician Elkanah Kelsay Dare, which was intended for Methodist and Baptist camp meetings. They contained music by various composers, along with a number of anonymous folk tunes. Some of these folk tunes are now hymn tunes in various modern hymnals.
NETTLETON possibly may be related to a group of folk melodies used for "Go Tell Aunt Rhody Her Old Gray Goose Is Dead."