Comments on: A New Commandment

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 05 May 2024 22:58:30 +0000

In reply to maddg. This is one of those difficult cases: Julie says the song was written in 1974/75, but I have a published version from New Zealand in 1973. My instinct is that she's telling the truth, but confused about the dates. But without published versions, it's hard to know who did what 50 years ago. With the best will in the world, over time, people may have forgotten the finer details of who borrowed what.

By: maddg

maddg — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:22:35 +0000

In reply to Isaac Reefman.

Thanks Isaac,

Mary at Godsongs, looked at this song some years ago:
https://www.godsongs.net/2012/06/new-commandment.html

… but couldn’t establish Mr Crabtree as the author at the time.

I’m not sure how CCLI and OneLicence can be made aware, so that people can report its use and the songwriter be appropriately recompensed.

Geoff

By: Isaac Reefman

Isaac Reefman — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:01:19 +0000

I just heard from a Julie Evans in the comments on a youtube video that her father, Roy Crabtree, did indeed compose this hymn back in the mid 70s in Wales. Here’s the video in question so you can see her comment for yourself: https://youtu.be/yy7W8avIXIY?si=_DY-z6RZzoGp9KPM

By: admin

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:56:07 +0000

In reply to Catherine Davison.

Can’t think of a song with those lyrics.
Mary at Godsongs is the expert – she may know.
https://www.godsongs.net/2011/07/about-godsongsnet.html

cheers

Geoff

By: Catherine Davison

Catherine Davison — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:01:28 +0000

Hi Thanks, this is a lovely upbeat version. I cam here hoping to find another hymn with similar title. We sang it with guitar backing in the 70’s The lyrics begin By This Shall All Men Know That you Are My Disciples, You Love One Another, And Together You Come To Me. with chorus, Verse; If You Eat of My Flesh and You Drink of My Blood, Then This Life Will be Yours, Life Eternal and True, For I Gave My Life Once, Now I Give it to You, Come to Me.
Please do you know if this is still in print? or online anywhere with chords, Em and Bm C

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 03:45:26 +0000

Hi Geoff!
Another one that survived the transition to CWBII.
It’s number 443 in the new hymnal, still source unknown, but listed as arranged by Francis Bartlett (1933-2002) and copyrighted to Australian Hymn Book Co (of course!)
I like your BiaB version – we’ve used oboe just like that, but never thought to put such upbeat drums! Very good 🙂

By: Nilesh

Nilesh — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:52:45 +0000

very nice music and song .
Thanks and god bless you..