A New Commandment CWB II 443

I am up to the general hymn section of CWB II. I have already blogged so many of these it is pointless to list those I have, so I’ll just stick to the songs that are new to me.

That said, I have actually blogged this song already here but CWB II makes some significant changes.

The key is dropped from Eb to D in the hope that some people might hit the high notes. The duration of notes for “other” is changed as well from my original music that is possibly due to the Lawrence Francis Bartlett arrangement in the Australian Hymn Book. “All men” is changed to “others” as well.

While this is noted as composer unknown in TAHB and TIS and CWB II, other sources are pretty sure it is by Roy Crabtree. The song is noted to be CCLI 46238, although I can find no mention of it on CCLI now. Some sources say copyright Make Way Music 1988, but this song is much older than that. This is all most odd.

I made a new backing in their key and arrangement. My current parish sings it verse/chorus/verse.

A new commandment I give unto you,
that you love one another as I have loved you,
that you love one another as I have loved you.
By this shall others know you are my disciples,
if you have love one to another.
By this shall others know you are my disciples,
if you have love one to another.
A new commandment I give unto you,
that you love one another as I have loved you,
that you love one another as I have loved you.