Author Archives: maddg

I have a bit of a backlog of backings so I’ll do a few more.   This is a children’s song by Michael Mangan, one of thousands he must have written by now and he really has a knack for … Continue reading →

I’m back from a Japan where I gave up trying to blog on my Ipad – my fingers are too fat and formatting too hard and besides, I can’t hear if it works on an Ipad without flash. This is … Continue reading →

I’m trying to blog on my Ipad in Tokyo and I have fat fingers, so I am finding it somewhat difficult. This is a chant to an Austrian tune.   If we could all live in peace What a good … Continue reading →

I’d never thought of this as a children’s song, but it is in this run of songs for kids, so perhaps it could be.  It is by Felicia Sandler. Listen to a sample from AOV. I remember we used it once with some liturgical … Continue reading →

This is a traditional African melody that we have sung with the original text. It wasn’t easy. A snippet is available to listen to at AOV. You can hear a childrens’ choir do it here, but I’m not sure this … Continue reading →

Gerry Holmes wrote this song which has a Christmas version and a Baptism version. Listen at AOV for an excerpt. Refrain We welcome you little baby, into our family life. Come now, gentle and frail, and we will hold you … Continue reading →

Another children’s song, this time by Carey Landry. I prefer this to his more general work and you can hear a bit of it at AOV. Chorus God has made us a family, and together we will grow in love. … Continue reading →

This is the start of a run of children’s songs in As One Voice Vol 2. Written by Alicia Rowe and Sally Wolf it bounces along joyfully and is a lot of fun. A sample is available for listening at … Continue reading →

A Taize chant by Jacques Berthier. AOV has the text in ten more languages. Listen to an excerpt at AOV. To listen to the whole thing on YouTube you will have to put up with an ad and irritating transitions. … Continue reading →

This is a Seekers-like children’s song from Monica Brown. There is a very brief sample at AOV to listen to – a longer one is available at her Emmaus site. It is suggested as a song for first Eucharist and … Continue reading →