Fill My House Unto the Fullest NLPHB 63

This is Peter Kearney’s very popular song all around the world, which I found out when I looked at in the Praise to God Parish Hymn Book.

This is another of the folk style songs that John de Luca rearranged for his hymnal and for this one he made radical improvements over the version in PTG.

Peter Kearney sells his version of the sheet music of his song at his website.

John de Luca changed it from 3/4 to 12/8 and eliminated many extraneous bars to make it flow. To be fair most versions I have heard have done the same. He also added an introduction and increased the variety of chords from three to eight.

Fill my house unto the fullest,
Eat my bread and drink my wine,
The love I bear is held from no-one:
All I own and all I do I give to you.

Take my time unto the fullest,
Find in me the trust you seek,
Take my hands to you outreaching:
All I own and all I do I give to you.

Christ our Lord with love enormous,
From the Cross his lesson taught;
Love all men as I have loved you:
All I own and all I do I give to you.

Join with me as one in Christ-love,
May our hearts all beat as one;
May we give ourselves completely:
All I own and all I do I give to you.

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