Monthly Archives: May 2012

A great song by Michael Mangan for your next Christmas pageant. It is noticeable for the ability to get “gold, frankincense and myrrh” to scan! This is another of Michael’s songs available on Sing Your Joy. It is also available … Continue reading →

This is a useful song by Rita Baloche for situations you might use a Vene Sancte.  It’s a highly syncopated modern chant if you like. It works as a hushed song until “Like a living stream.” We got it out … Continue reading →

I really should do a more Frank Andersen songs and I’ll get around to it at some stage. This is a quiet a reverent Eucharist song that still gets listed from time to time. It looks like you have to … Continue reading →

This song is by Louise Ruspini. It is a gathering tune of Unitarian origin and I have a crumpled hand written copy. I gather it is in the Unitarian hymnal “Singing the Living Tradition” that you can buy from Amazon. … Continue reading →

This is from the Songs for Mass collection by Keryn Morehu and Dianne Simmons and you can buy it at their website. I actually find this song rather hard and we sing it with the timings smoothed out a little. … Continue reading →

I don’t think we sang this Kevin Bates song very often but it is very pretty. It was probably too creative. I can’t see that it is still available at his site but you could always ask him. 1. I … Continue reading →

When we don’t use Frank Andersen’s song of this name we use John Foley’s and it is really a very good song that everyone participates in for singing. There is a sample to listen to at OCP where you can … Continue reading →

This gathering song by Michael Mangan probably really is just for children this time. It is also available in the Sing Your Joy collection. There are two claps in the first line of the verses after “called” and “Lord” and … Continue reading →

This is another of Michael Mangan’s songs for children that I must have done at a children’s gathering when my children were younger. It is an advent chant really, and nothing in the lyrics would stop it being used for … Continue reading →

This song is one of the most looked at on this site, which is a testament to the quality of Michael Mangan’s song. However my post has problems that are not entirely of my making, but that I should try … Continue reading →