While I thought I would be plugging gaps of OCP songs post AOV from this collection, I am actually getting more traditional songs that were missed and those that didn’t get into Spirit & Song.
This is not the song from Godspell.
This is Matthias Claudius’s song translated by Jane Campbell (details at Hymnary) and originally set to WIR PFLUGEN by J.P.A Schulz. The Youtube clips are all this version and are mostly from harvest liturgies.
Here it is set to the tune HEILSMAN by Kevin Keil. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. The words at OCP differ slightly as you can see in the sample sheet music at their site.
This sort of song makes no sense here in the subtropics where the rain is rarely soft and refreshing, and it never snows.