Covenant Hymn G3 904

This song is still in the “Christian Initiation” section of Gather 3rd edition, so is meant for RCIA and Baptism, but also for other commitments, like marriage.

It has a text by Rory Cooney based on Ruth 1:16 and a tune by Gary Daigle. The sheet music is at GIA and the text at Cooney’s blog, with a commentary on how the song came about.

My list of the GIA songs that didn’t seem to take in the Australian churches I have played at now includes: African, African-American, Irish (especially Liam Lawson), women in general and Rory Cooney. While we have to fit in all the Australian songwriters, it still says a lot about insularity. This song is great by the way and appears to be justly popular in the USA.

I even made a restrained backing for a change.

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