Since I am going through CWB I looking for songs not already covered on my blog to date, I am basically looking at songs that didn’t become popular enough to be collected in CWB II and AOV etc.
That may be why I’m seeing a lot of translations from French hymns, as they may not have particularly resonated in suburban Australia – just a thought. This one will be tough without an organ and choir.
This is a translation of Didier Rimbuad’s text by Ronald Johnson and Brian Wren. The tune is DIEU, NOUS AVONS VU TA GLOIRE by Jean Anglais.
There is further background here.
The text is available at Hymnary courtesy of Hope Publications, although I can’t find it on their site. You can also find them here.
It is an Easter song that covers a lot of aspects of the celebration.
This hymn is also in Together In Song (461), where I got the chords for my backing.
This clip attributes the translation to Anthony G. Petti, but it is the same words.