You Are All We Have

This setting of Psalm 62 was written by Francis Patrick O’Brien, a priest with a suitably Irish sounding name from Boston, and a song that turned up at Ryan’s parish recently. He noted that they used a cantor for the verses and that makes sense with each verse having its own tune, each pretty tricky and some very high notes, so the assembly would do well to stick to the refrain.

I have a copy in Ritual Song 643 and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA in an inexpensive collection. GIA also have a snippet to listen to.

The text is here (page 5).

A slow version with minimal backing that starts acapella:

Piano Instrumental:

Another slow version:

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