Going through A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal reveals quite a few songs where the songwriter and the song have left no trace after all these years.
This one is written by Donna Friewer and I can find no source for the sheet music nor performances nor biographical information of the songwriter.
The song is a call to the life of faith and pilgrimage.
Even this Lucien Deiss song from A Hundredfold is out of print. It is in his song book “Sing for the Lord”, which is available secondhand, but otherwise it appears unavailable.
I made a backing:
I’m working through a forgotten out of print hymn book that I found at a second hand sale years ago, called A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978.
This is a song for Eucharist and of mission from Jack Miffleton. I’m thinking about why some hymns endure and others don’t get much traction. This is singable enough. Maybe the text was too dense leading to metaphors that required a bit of thought. I think its quite poetic actually.
With nothing on the web to act as a guide I made the best I could of the sheet music to make a backing.
This is a wedding song by Angel Tucciarone that is in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal.
It is a pleasant MOR song of its era that would be a suitable solo.
Finding no trace of it on the internet, I made a backing and have posted the very out of print sheet music.
This is a Marian hymn with a text by Willard F. Jabusch set to PROMISED LAND.
This was a WLP song in the 70s but has found a home at OCP of all places in their own arrangement by Paul French. They described the text as “newly composed”!
The sheet music can therefore be purchased at OCP, where the text is in their preview.
When I did this backings I used Rigdon M McIntosh’s C19 arrangement that is in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, as interpreted through Band in a Box.
This is the original lyrics but gives an idea of the unaccompanied shape note style the tune originally was meant to have.
One can only assume that a song called, “Brother Wind” is based on Franciscan spirituality and indeed the songwriter Susan Saint Sing has written books on that very subject … and also on rowing.
As far as the song itself, like many in this collection, A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, it has disappeared. It is a lovely personal prayer for healing.
I made a folk style backing in case you want to learn the song:
This isn’t the song but it is her telling part of her story:
This is another Angel Tucciarone penned song in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978.
There is a lot to like about this simply expressed song but it has vanished without a trace. I especially like songs that aren’t sure what key they are in – it keeps you on your toes. With all sources of this song out of print and unavailable, I have posted the sheet music but, as always, I would be thrilled to take it down if requested, especially if I can be directed to where it can be obtained.
In the absence of a tracks of this song to listen to, I made a rock backing:
In the collection, A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, I am back to the obscure with Neil Blunt’s song, “I Have Seen My America.”
I can’t see any situation where a song like this, whatever its merits, would be singable in a church service.
I don’t know how they meant it to go, so I just made a backing from the sheet music.
This song was originally published by WLP in 1975 and has somehow survived time and takeovers to still be available at GIA. I found it in A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal.
It is a song for Good Friday by Jack Miffleton. This is another one that Mary at Godsongs tracked down.
The sheet music can be purchased at GIA, where the text is in their preview. The words are also at this site.
You can sing along with my backing to learn the song.
There are quite a few YouTube clips so it still seems well enough known on the US. Here is a selection in varying styles and tempos.
I’m going through an obscure old collection called One Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, and have found one that has at least left a trace on the internet.
It is Ken Meltz’s “Believe and Repent”, which was originally sung by the Roamin’ Collars. He based it on Mark 1:15. It sounds like a hymn for Lent.
Mary at Godsongs expressed surprise it was still being used decades after being out of print. As with all these songs, I’m happy to take down the sheet music at the request of the copyright holder or author, especially if they can point me to where they are available.
I hadn’t heard the original when I made my backing:
