I was asking Joe Santsingh some advice about playing to backings and he mentioned this song and sent me his arrangement. He has revived the song in his parish and it is special to many people who grew up in the sixties I believe.
It is new to me because I was Presbyterian then and we would have only sung a song written by a nun by accident I think.
This was supposed to have been written by Sister Miriam Francis, but that was actually a pseudonym for Australian Nun Sister Irene O’Connor.
The text is here but I’m told if you are an Australian Catholic of a certain age it is etched in your brain. I can’t find it in any hymnals, nor for sale on the web so I’d be interested if anyone knows if the sheet music is available commercially.
Joe uses backings he creates to augment his playing along with a guitarist and voice. When you listen to his backing you can hear the space he leaves for music on the day.
My backing has a more prominent melody line for learning purposes and you can tell I’m cheating by using BIAB.
I don’t know if any of these are the versions they recorded back in the sixties:
Maybe this one:
If you read the article about the song you’ll see there is a link to Singapore:
We have sheet music here.
Do you have any publishing details, Frankie?
Geoff
Please send me a copy of the sheet music and midi file for the hymn God is dwelling in my heart. Let me know how much it cost too.
Thanks and God bless
I would like a copy of the sheet music for keyboard.
Thanks.
Josephine
This is one of my very favourite songs. A friend and I used to sing it a lot as an upbeat recessional.
can you share the melody and chords.
thank you and God bless.
onewhocreates1
Thank you for the info about the link between “M Frances” and Sr Irene O’Connor. It helped to solve a long-standing question about the source of this song: https://www.godsongs.net/2016/05/love-it-was-that-made-us-god-is-love.html
Thank you .
What a blast from the past!!! I am currently indexing all my sheet music and trying to track down the composer/lyricist of this piece (because I”m thorough!). I’ve been singing and playing this since I was a child.
But the real shock I got when reading your post was the name, Joe Santsingh!!! He was the organist I replaced when he moved away from our parish for work in the early 90s. If you are in touch with him, please let him know that Fiona says hello and I’m still playing in Redcliffe. I think of him often as his style of playing then was so influential on my own style.
I would like a copy of the keyboard score of God is Dwelling in My Heart.
Thanks.
Josephine
I want to play God is Dwelling in My Heart too. May I get a copy of the sheet music for piano? Thank you so much!
Can you please tell me how to get a copy of the sheet music for God Is Dwelling in My Heart? Thank you.
I would like a copy of the sheet music for keyboard for God is Dwelling in My Heart also. I first sang this around 1970 when this song was popular in YCW. The words have stayed with me ever since and has gone deep within me. I think it became popular because it had such a different message because up until that time we were only fed “fire and brimstone” sermons. This song conveyed a close and more personal God that we could connect to, rather than a God to be afraid of. Thank you Six Maddens for your website which is so informative!