New Child of God AA 96

This is a song for baptism in Alleluia Aotearoa with a Shirley Murray text. It is a lovely sentiment but uses the Maori word “aroha” so travels only as far as that word is accepted.

The text is at Hope Publishing where they provide the sheet music for the setting by T.B. Southgate (GIDEON). Trying to make a backing using chords derived from the sheet music was more difficult than normal. F13b5sus anyone – fortunately BIAB can’t do that chord.

AA instead gives the sheet music for the setting by Ian Render, WATER’S EDGE and actually provided the chords for a change.

They also suggested HERONGATE (Trad arr Ralph Vaughn Williams) and the indispensable Together In Song had the chords for that one. It is out of print unfortunately. Unlike CWB II, the editors obviously got out of cathedrals occasionally and understood the benefit of chords for guitarists and basic keyboard players.

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