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:
I’m going through an essentially buried collection called A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978.
Many of the songwriters are most obscure but Willard F. Jabusch was not and certainly wrote some well known songs, including “The King of Glory“.
This song based on Psalm 122 is less known and very out of print. Paraphrases of psalms are a hard sell these days unless they are good enough to stand on their own as a hymn and I’m not sure this one does.
With no clues from recordings on the internet I made a backing that may have nothing to do with what the good Father was looking for.
Angel Tucciarone is another interesting songwriter from the 1970s in the USA whose sheet music is out of print. She had this song in the collection: A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal. I would love anyone who knows anything about these artists to fill me in.
I’m posting the sheet music only because these pieces are extremely obscure and cannot be purchased anywhere. If anyone can direct me to where these can be purchased I would be pleased to take the sheet music down.
This is a very positive song that is very singable and would be suitable for children.
With no recordings that I can find for guidance, I did my best to make a backing:
The title track of the collection A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, from 1978, is as obscure as the rest of the collection. I can find no sign of Ken Meltz‘s song anywhere and it is extremely out of print.
Ken Meltz was part of the Roamin’ Collars in the late 60s and early 70s a group of seminarians who used the folk idiom.
This likeable quasi-spiritual is based on the parable of the sower from Matt 13:1-9.
I made a backing that didn’t sound right because it didn’t swing:
I think this works better, but having never heard the original I can’t be sure.
