Emma’s parish sang this song recently. It is a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith based on the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). it is set to WOODLANDS by Walter Greatorex and a stirring hymn it is.
This is another free lead sheet from Brentwood Benson advertising Chris Tomlin’s Album, Adore.
It is another case of familiar out of copyright Christmas songs arranged, linked and saddled with a short piece of new music and then the whole thing is copyrighted. Merry Christmas and Ka-ching! (I’m such a cynic.)
This time a jazz arrangement of “Away in the Manger” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain” have a simple chorus added by Chris Tomlin and Ed Cash. “Away in a Manger” may have been written by Martin Luther with the third verse by John T. McFarland. This jazz styled version uses the tune MUELLER by James R. Murray. “Go Tell It On the Mountain” is a Christmas adaptation of an African-American Spiritual.
The lead sheet is here and the full sheet music can be purchased here. You can hear Tomlin’s version here.
Both RS and Ryan’s parish used this hymn written by William J. Irons and set to Beethoven’s “Song of Joy”. It therefore needs no backing for learning purposes from the likes of me. In more modern versions the text helpfully sings with “saints” rather than “sons”.
Hymnary have the text and sheet music. There is a Spanish version of the text as well.
This one was used by Ryan and RS’s parish recently. The text is mysteriously attributed to Augustine of Hippo and adapted by F.B.P (who?) then altered by Joseph Bromehead and set to this lovely American tune LAND OF REST.
The text is in various versions (eg here and here) and Hymnary have the sheet music.
It has frequently suggested as a funeral song on the internet. It bears a passing resemblance to “Amazing Grace”.
I thought it might go a bit faster than that but thought better of it. I still made a backing though:
This is another sung at RS’s parish. It is a translation of a twelfth century Latin text by J. M. Neale and set to the stirring Dutch tune, IN BABILONE.
It is a song in praise of saints. The text and sheet music are at Hymnary, but my copy is in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book. You can also buy arrangements of the sheet music at OCP and GIA.
The text is also set to Beethoven’s “Song of Joy”.
This request is for an old song from the 1930s by Daniel A. Lord S.J. which is a march of all things, rallying young Catholics. The Catholic Action movement is way before my time, but I do have an enormous Catholic Action Bible. It has wonderful portraits of all the disciples and they are a lot of extremely European looking gents except for Judas who is a crude caricature of Jewishness.
I’m not sure what role a song like this could have now as its martial style seems from another world. Godsongs has the text and the sheet music is available here.
I had to guess the chords and BIAB has limited facilities for marches:
This Eucharist hymn by Laurence Rosania turned up at RS’s parish recently.
The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. The sample you can hear at OCP is no great shakes but I think there is a pretty good song in there.
My backing has the descant line off to one side. There is also a descant line in the last verse if you make it that far.
Going by the number of You-Tube clips, this song is in high rotation in the US but is new to me. Here’s a selection:
Brentwood Benson keep sending me e-mail links to free lead sheets from Chris Tomlin’s album “Adore”. Since it will Christmas soon I’ll keep looking at them. The words and music are by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Matt Redman.
This one is a solo vehicle and is sung by Lauren Daigle. You can hear her version at worship together. This is the link to the lead sheet and the full sheet music can be purchased here.
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Mason’s “Mass of Glory and Praise”
To access my backings for Paul Mason's mass go to Feb 2011 in the archive.