This is another “modern” song that was chosen by the editors of CWB in Australia.
It is a joyful song of praise that is noted have words by English folk hymn writer, Michael Cockett and music by Kevin Mayhew that has been adapted by the editors. The copyright is with the Medical Mission Sisters.
Apart from CWB, the sheet music is also in the 20th Century Folk Hymnal. It looks like it was originally published in Go Tell Everyone: Twelve Original Songs Recorded By The Sacred Heart Choir, which is available at great expense at Amazon.
The text is here.
My backing has made up chords:
From a hymn nerd: it appears that the collection this was taken from was hugely significant in the UK, and you’ll find most of the album on YouTube mixed with contemporary interviews of those involved in its production. The following link should start at the recording of this song, which is really good:
https://youtu.be/WZ6V8n2ieJ4?si=SZ152QDZsdg704uO&t=1079
As someone who missed that period by 30 years, and grew up with the modern Latin Mass, it’s very interesting to learn how we got from one place to the other.
The video is very useful, and hearing ‘Go Tell Everyone’ was familiar from my early childhood.
Folk mass songs are really interesting…
That’s a great find, thank you!
And I should also add that the song in still included in current mainstream UK hymnals “Complete Celebration Hymnal” and “Hymns Old and New (Roman Catholic Edition)”
I shouldn’t respond at 1:35 in the morning. The two hymnals mentioned are circa 1990, so not really much newer than CWB1.
Thanks, Chris.
How wonderful to hear the choir involved.
I’m leaning a lot on Mary at Godsongs for the UK end of this era, because, as you have pointed out, Hymnary’s US bias has lacunae in this area and I get the impression that this time in Catholic music doesn’t get a lot of love.
cheers
Geoff
Hi Geoff
Are you sure about “The copyright is with the Medical Mission Sisters”? Even if that’s what CWB says, I’d be wondering it it’s an error: I’ve not seen any cross over in copyright between anything published by Kevin Mayhew and the MMS.
Jumping in for Geoff, that struck me, too, but that is what CWB1 says. This was published by Vanguard Music who also published all of the Medical Mission Sisters material of that period, so it does sound like a mix up. Hymnquest lists the current copyright holder as Kevin Mayhew Ltd., which sounds reasonable! You might be interested in the commentary on the back of the record as it is listed on ebay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/306282257163
Thanks, Chris.
Probably an error as you say. I’m still worried about the editors adapting the music. It may just mean they used an uncredited arrangement, but with just the melody line version to look at it’s hard to say.
Geoff