According to my People’s edition of As One Voice Volume Two, it was published in 1996 only four years after the first one was published. It is subtitled, “Uniting God’s People in Song.” It has some more traditional hymns, like its predecessor, but concentrates on the eighties and early nineties. Within these two volumes, the vast majority of our local church’s repertoire has been found.
The first song is a Wild Goose Collective song by John Bell and Graham Maule, a setting of Ps 47. John Bell describes it as “a song of great celebration and demands a lively tune which should motivate the feet as much as the mouth.”
I don’t think I quite got this backing right, so you can use it for learning the tune but brighten things up with percussion and noise. It looks best done as call and response.
Verse 1
Clap your hands all you nations, Amen, Hallelujah!
Shout for joy all you people: Amen, Hallelujah!
Holy is the most high; Amen, Hallelujah!
Mighty over all the earth. Amen, Hallelujah!
Verse 2
God subdues ev’ry nation, Amen, Hallelujah!
God is king of all creatures; Amen, Hallelujah!
God has given this land Amen, Hallelujah!
to the people he loves. Amen, Hallelujah!
Verse 3
To the shouting in triumph, Amen, Hallelujah!
To the blasing of trumpets, Amen, Hallelujah!
God has gone up, Amen, Hallelujah!
God ascends over all. Amen, Hallelujah!
Verse 4
Praise the Lord with your singing, Amen, Hallelujah!
Sing God psalms forever. Amen, Hallelujah!
God is monarch of all, Amen, Hallelujah!
sov’reign over the earth. Amen, Hallelujah!
Verse 5
Those on earth who are mighty Amen, Hallelujah!
still belong to our Maker, Amen, Hallelujah!
God exalted on high Amen, Hallelujah
God forever our Lord. Amen, Hallelujah!
© WGRG, Iona Community, 1993.
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