This is the last song from the Praise to God parish hymn book I’ll be doing for now. There are others to cover, but I was looking at ones derived from smaller collections that I am unlikely to ever cover on their own. This one is from the Young People’s Folk Hymnal Vol 1, still available from GIA and even with postage to Australia it’s less than $10 all up. I’d be concerned it is old stock from when they took over WLP and when it is gone it is unlikely to be reprinted.
Scribd has a version in Eb for choirs, thankfully PTG is in A for the rest of us.
This song was written by the great folk songwriter, Anonymous. The version in PTG doesn’t have all the lyrics below – it has one verse with the first two lines of the first verse and last two lines of the second verse. The clips below suggest high rotation in Africa.
Come to the Lord with a song in your heart,
for the Lord our God is good.
Shout out your praises for all that he has done;
give him glory as you should.Come before his alter rejoicing. Beat the drum and
strum the guitar. Let cymbals sound out the news
we have found out he loves us as we are.Praise him for his loving kindness. Praise him
for his outstretched arm. He shields us from any
kind of foe and keeps us safe from harm.
For people who pray on their feet:
Choral: