Monthly Archives: July 2011

Helen Beha wrote this song in the 80s and she was from Tasmania.  Since there are handclaps in the music, I assume it was for schools.  She wrote settings for Psalms called ‘Promises.”  Amazingly in the internet age, she has … Continue reading →

This was the doxology in the Presbyterian church I grew up in, and so I sang it every Sunday for many years.  The tune is the Old Hundredth and I discover now that we were singing it wrong!  We didn’t … Continue reading →

This is a traditional Irish song whose origins are explained here to the accompaniment of a scary MIDI file.  You can hear a less terrifying version here. You can see the intent of the first As One Voice collection to … Continue reading →

This is an early example by Monica O’Brien and Trisha Watts of the up tempo AOV songs found in greater numbers in AOV NG.  You can hear a snippet here.  I’m not sure if it ever became popular but it hasn’t … Continue reading →

This is another song we have never done at our parish, probably because we use Fr Frank Andersen’s setting of Ps 116.  Bob Hurd’s song is however delightful, if a little complicated in its parts.  I even like the recorded version which … Continue reading →

Br Michael Herry wrote this song, “Lord, to Whom Shall I Go,” and it gets a tick from the NLMB.  It is obviously a Eucharist song and is simple and direct.  Looking at Google shows it turning up in liturgies everywhere.  Even Schutz … Continue reading →

Fr Frank Andersen wrote this very popular song.  I hated it originally and had to be told that a lot of people who came to the church late in life found this song described their spiritual journey and so meant … Continue reading →

This is not in “As One Voice”, but it is my favourite Marty Haugen song, so I thought I’d put it in.  We use it often as a gathering song and pick the most appropriate verses to match the liturgy … Continue reading →

This setting of Ps 98 by Bob Hurd is not used at our church and I think it is because we use Bob Dufford’s instead. These older songs (1988) leave all sorts of interesting tracks across the net.  You can hear … Continue reading →

Marty Haugen wrote this and we are still singing it thirty years later. It even got a yes from the NLCMB.  I suppose folk is OK if the words adapt St Francis of Assisi. Haugen is, however, the boogy man for … Continue reading →