Author Archives: maddg

Mary Haugen’s ultimate gathering song.  According to As One Voice it was written by Mary, but we can safely assume they meant Marty.  You can follow pages of arguing over this song here.  Again, I think repetition and mangling have … Continue reading →

Helen Beha wrote this song in the 80s and she was from Tasmania.  Since there are handclaps in the music, I assume it was for schools.  She wrote settings for Psalms called ‘Promises.”  Amazingly in the internet age, she has … Continue reading →

This was the doxology in the Presbyterian church I grew up in, and so I sang it every Sunday for many years.  The tune is the Old Hundredth and I discover now that we were singing it wrong!  We didn’t … Continue reading →

This is a traditional Irish song whose origins are explained here to the accompaniment of a scary MIDI file.  You can hear a less terrifying version here. You can see the intent of the first As One Voice collection to … Continue reading →

This is an early example by Monica O’Brien and Trisha Watts of the up tempo AOV songs found in greater numbers in AOV NG.  You can hear a snippet here.  I’m not sure if it ever became popular but it hasn’t … Continue reading →

This is another song we have never done at our parish, probably because we use Fr Frank Andersen’s setting of Ps 116.  Bob Hurd’s song is however delightful, if a little complicated in its parts.  I even like the recorded version which … Continue reading →

Br Michael Herry wrote this song, “Lord, to Whom Shall I Go,” and it gets a tick from the NLMB.  It is obviously a Eucharist song and is simple and direct.  Looking at Google shows it turning up in liturgies everywhere.  Even Schutz … Continue reading →

Fr Frank Andersen wrote this very popular song.  I hated it originally and had to be told that a lot of people who came to the church late in life found this song described their spiritual journey and so meant … Continue reading →

This is not in “As One Voice”, but it is my favourite Marty Haugen song, so I thought I’d put it in.  We use it often as a gathering song and pick the most appropriate verses to match the liturgy … Continue reading →

This setting of Ps 98 by Bob Hurd is not used at our church and I think it is because we use Bob Dufford’s instead. These older songs (1988) leave all sorts of interesting tracks across the net.  You can hear … Continue reading →