It is the weekend of the Tamar Valley Folk Festival here in George Town, Tasmania, so this is a good day to look at this folk song from David MacGregor of Brisbane, Australia.
It is a reflective song that is about grace and baptism without mentioning water.
It’s range is out of my league, but as a solo vehicle for someone talented, it is a nice find. He has let lose all his tricks – modulations, triplets, extra 2/4 bars – all under a folk-pop style – sweet. The sheet music is at his site.
My understated backing shows how good BIAB is at this style.
When the days in the spotlight seem over
When your life‘s like a page ‘bout to turn
When you’re entering a space rarely travelled
and your pride knows there’s much yet to learn
That it’s time to step back in the shadows
to realise it’s time to move on
Time for looking afresh at the Saviour
for brand new depending uponHand it over
Over to Jesus
Hand it over
Let it all go
In the dying is rising
In losing is finding
Hand it over
Over
Over
To grace, to GodWhen a new generation starts rising
When the ways of the past must give way
When you’re seen as an elder but wonder
What this all has to do with today
Sure it’s time to start passing that baton
But in passing, there’s pain letting go
Time to see myself newly in Jesus
The hope, the comfort I knowDavid MacGregor
© 2017
Willow Publishing