Author Archives: maddg

This is a folk styled song about the three wise men, with a profound meditation of what gifting can be. I don’t know if this story with the twist in the final stanza is original to Patricia Smith, or is … Continue reading →

Monica O’Brien, of Willow Publishing, recently sent out an important letter from her heart on the Church and young people. With her permission, I am re-posting it here in the hope that is read widely. Dear Friends,This email is long … Continue reading →

This collection [And the Angels Sang from Patrica Smith] has some thoughtful songs sung from the perspective of Mary – they are unsettling and mysterious in a good way. This is just such a song. Her text is here married … Continue reading →

This is a song plotting the expectations of the three wise men, from Patrica Smith’s And the Angels Sang. This would particularly good for an end of year celebration sung by a choir, with the assembly invited to participate as … Continue reading →

And the Angels Sang is Patricia Smith’s new collection for Advent and Christmas. I have been going through the collection and have found a lot of songs for end of year celebrations for choirs, assemblies and schools. She has once … Continue reading →

This is another new carol from Patricia Smith from her collection And the Angel Sang. This is a gentle song but I think it will survive choir and assembly. It is basically an audio nativity scene. The individual sheet music … Continue reading →

Patricia Smith uses O WALY WALY again for another new text she has written in her collection And the Angels Sang. This has Mary singing to her baby and as such is suitable for end of year celebrations and Christmas … Continue reading →

Continuing my survey of Patricia Smith’s essential resource for Advent and Christmas, And the Angels Sang, we come to this chant to the familar tune of O WALY WALY. There are minimal words and much repetition, which works very well. … Continue reading →

This is clever. Patrica Smith has written a new setting for the Christina Rossetti’s text that can sung simultaneously with “Away in a Manger”, which opens up all sorts of options for both performance and participation. It is from her … Continue reading →

This is yet another great song for end of year celebrations for children at Christmas from Patrica Smith’s collection, And the Angels Sang. She gently and sweetly puts the celebration into context and the message is for all of us. … Continue reading →