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Alleluia, Praise to You, God Our Father

This song from A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal was collected from Lucien Deiss’s collection Sing to the Lord. Both are out of print and only available on the second hand market. This is a mildy bonkers tune with a … Continue reading

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Come to the Mountain

I’m working my way through an old collection called, A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978. A frequent contributor was Ken Meltz and his “Come to the Mountain” was a vigorous gathering song. I did find some memory of … Continue reading

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Fran’s Song

Ken Meltz wrote this charming song based on Psalm 42. It was in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978 but now is wildly out of print.

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She’s the Lady of Love

Neil Blunt wrote this Marian hymn that is found in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal. I’m not sure how it was intended to be played as I can find no performances of this song. I imagine it as a … Continue reading

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Like a Dove

Going through A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal reveals quite a few songs where the songwriter and the song have left no trace after all these years. This one is written by Donna Friewer and I can find no source … Continue reading

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Jesus, the New Covenant

Even this Lucien Deiss song from A Hundredfold is out of print. It is in his song book “Sing for the Lord”, which is available secondhand, but otherwise it appears unavailable. I made a backing:

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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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