David Haas has written many songs that aren’t heard in Australian churches as many parishes stick to the suggestions in As One Voice, which while excellent are 20 years old now. I’ve blogged some of his songs from other collections and have recently been hoovering up those in Gather Comprehensive that I haven’t heard before.
This one is a folk song strong on social justice (that’s a good thing right) and suitable for ministry and service contexts. The first two verses have three lines for a cantor with the assembly replying and the the third has six. It is rather high and I’d bring it down from Ab to F and I think it could really be sung through by the assembly then.
The text is in the page scans at Hymnary and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA.
I have made up the chords for my backing.