No.5 in AOV NG is by Bobby Fisher, one the OCP crowd, so it also turns up in Spirit & Song (No. 75). It’s been around a while but I’ve never played it myself. It is based on Ps 98 and is suggested as a Christmas Psalm.
You can buy the sheet music at spiritandsong.
Refrain
All the ends of the earth,
sing a joyful song.
Sing to the Lord,
there is salvation.
All the ends of the earth,
sing a joyful song.
Sing to the Lord,
there is salvation.
1. Sing a new song to the Lord, our God.
For he has worked wonders near and far.
Our God’s right hand
and holy arm
have brought salvation to the world.
2. The Lord has made his salvation known,
and shown his justice to all lands.
His truth and love
he won’t forget
for all the house of Israel.
3. Let us sing our praises to our God
with voices blended now in song.
With harp and horn
and trumpet sound
acclaim the Lord, our God and King!
© Bobby Fisher 1994
Now I could program this into Band in a Box but I really struggled to play the thing on guitar. To assist I’d suggest you go with the Spirit and Song arrangement which says common time rather than 2/2 and suggests playing it capo 5. I’d also leave out some chords in the chorus.
It’s awful fiddly for a psalm. I’m not sure about it at all, but the backing at least helped me figure out the timings. If anyone uses this one, can you let me know if it works. Perhaps if we practised it all through Advent we might get there.
The melody sounds familiar in the verse – hmmm. Stan Freberg “Incident at Los Voroces” the plaintive folk song about the destruction of a gambling city in Nevada. I hope that means Bobby Fisher is a fan of Stan the man Freberg.