Monthly Archives: January 2026

When the Bread of Life is Broken

I’m working through a forgotten out of print hymn book that I found at a second hand sale years ago, called A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978. This is a song for Eucharist and of mission from Jack … Continue reading

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Together As One

This is a wedding song by Angel Tucciarone that is in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal. It is a pleasant MOR song of its era that would be a suitable solo. Finding no trace of it on the internet, … Continue reading

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She Will Show Us The Promised One

This is a Marian hymn with a text by Willard F. Jabusch set to PROMISED LAND. This was a WLP song in the 70s but has found a home at OCP of all places in their own arrangement by Paul … Continue reading

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Brother Wind

One can only assume that a song called, “Brother Wind” is based on Franciscan spirituality and indeed the songwriter Susan Saint Sing has written books on that very subject … and also on rowing. As far as the song itself, … Continue reading

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Hope For Us All

This is another Angel Tucciarone penned song in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978. There is a lot to like about this simply expressed song but it has vanished without a trace. I especially like songs that aren’t … Continue reading

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I Have Seen My America

In the collection, A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, I am back to the obscure with Neil Blunt’s song, “I Have Seen My America.” I can’t see any situation where a song like this, whatever its merits, would be singable … Continue reading

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Lord, Let Me Walk

This song was originally published by WLP in 1975 and has somehow survived time and takeovers to still be available at GIA. I found it in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal. It is a song for Good Friday by … Continue reading

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Believe and Repent

I’m going through an obscure old collection called One Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, and have found one that has at least left a trace on the internet. It is Ken Meltz’s “Believe and Repent”, which was originally sung by … Continue reading

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What a Joy

I’m going through an essentially buried collection called A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978. Many of the songwriters are most obscure but Willard F. Jabusch was not and certainly wrote some well known songs, including “The King of … Continue reading

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Love Is Here

Angel Tucciarone is another interesting songwriter from the 1970s in the USA whose sheet music is out of print. She had this song in the collection: A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal. I would love anyone who knows anything about … Continue reading

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