This beloved song is quite impossible to sing as I documented here. It is by Sister Suzanne Toolan – now 98 years old – and is popular despite everything, even for funerals.
In this hymnal, the key is brought down to Ab from Bb which helps – we used to take it down to G and the low notes scraped in the gravel and the high notes were still a challenge. You either need a phenomenal range or two teams! This version somehow has even less chords than the original.
The sheet music is available to purchase at Willow.
I made a new backing:
1 I am the Bread of life.
He who comes to me shall not hunger;
He who believes in me shall not thirst.
No one can come to me
Unless the Father draw him.Refrain
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.2 The bread that I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world,
And he who eats of this bread,
He shall live for ever,
He shall live for ever.Refrain
3 Unless you eat
Of the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink of his blood,
And drink of his blood,
You shall not have life within you.Refrain
4 I am the Resurrection,
I am the life,
He who believes in me
Even if he die,
He shall live for ever.Refrain
5 Yes, Lord, I believe
That you are the Christ,
The Son of God
Who have come
Into the world.Refrain
A talented choir can get away with it.
I was looking for a case of this crashing and burning but this one is still good:
Chris Brunelle is superman:
I suppose no-one would be silly enough to put a failed attempt at this one on You-Tube, but believe me it is an accident waiting to happen without some very fine voices involved.