This is a fine song for Eucharist from Beth Doherty’s collection, An Attitude of Beatitude. It would be especially suitable at Christmas.
This excellent collection is available in many versions that include the music, but also resources for using the songs in retreats, schools and parishes, at Willow.
My backing goes a bit Praise and Worship.
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Disregarding my bias against the use of pop-songs in Mass, how accessible to a congregation would this be? The notes shown on Willow’s preview page (which doesn’t include the refrain) go from low E to E, which many will find uncomfortable to sing, and there are rests galore to impede a steady flow. Perhaps this (and others in this collection) could be sung by a soloist with the congregation coming in for the refrain?
It looked a scary range to me, but when I played it, it sort of fudges itself out.
What I would do is ignore the key change but play it all in B (well capo 2 in A). The highest note then is a brief D, although she does change the tune subtley after the key change to get rid of that higher note. The lowest note then I have to sing is a G, which I can just about manage. The lower notes than that are brief grace notes really which I will leave to Beth for performance. I agree that to do it as written will need a soloist, although if you have an assembly largely of women they might find it more natural. We were singing a song at our singing group last night that was all in a low range that I was finding a struggle and my wife said that she was enjoying finally singing a song that suited her range for a change.
I much prefer C to C, or even A to A really. Beth Doherty is writing for her range which is lowish and has me reaching for a capo.
Geoff