No 151 in As One Voice: the Next Generation is “With You by My Side,” by David Haas. This is a gentle but insistent pop song of encouragement and consolation. I’m not sure it has a liturgical use, but you are already singing lots of his songs at mass already aren’t you. You can here a really stodgy version of it here. The version on the AOV NG CD is far superior and it really sounds as if Mr Haas loosened right up, so if you get a chance to hear it, that’s the one that will make you like this song.
The text is available here.
You can buy it as part of a collection at GIA or as a single sheet at sheetmusicplus.
Hi there!
May I ask for the chords of this beautiful song? Thanks and God bless!
Ralph
G’Day Ralph
I don’t put up chords of songs on the blog. I don’t know David Haas, but I have met a lot of the Australian songwriters who have songs in this collection, and I think they’d prefer we bought the music. As it happens, this one is available for less than $2 at this site:
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/With-You-By-My-Side/4609542#
…and I’m sure it is available elsewhere as well. They also post a very generous sample with chords that you could use to work the song out and then decide if you want to buy it.
It is a lovely song. We’ve never used it locally, but I’d love to hear your version if you get it up and running. I’d also be interested in where you think it would fit liturgically. I’ve learned a lot from responses to this blog.
Geoff