Sing Hey for the Carpenter (Gather Australia 508)

I’m able to skip quite a lot of the songs in GA because of the shared repertoire with As One Voice, and so I’m up to this song, which is another John Bell composition. GA has an awful lot of his work and that is a good thing to offer an alternative to the Australian and American music in the collection.

If you don’t mind the assembly singing in the voice of Christ this looks a vibrant entrance song or even (verse 2) for Eucharist.

The text is here. I also have a copy in the collection Heaven Shall Not Wait, which is available for very little at Wild Goose. There he suggests accompaniment is a disadvantage so why not try it without once the tune is familiar. He also suggests considering a bodrhan in the chorus.

However, I make backings on BIAB to help learn songs so here goes:

Drums + choir and parts:

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