Joe has saved me from the mind numbing extent of the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book by sending me a couple of his excellent backings.
Joe is from rural Queensland and can actual play, so he makes his backings properly using a keyboard.
He sent me this offertory song by Kevin Nichols that was new to me, but seems very popular, especially in England where it was written.
The text is here. Mary at Godsongs has lots of information about the song. It is in the 20th Century Folk Hymnal Volume 2.
Joe’s backing is in D, to be kind to us groaners, and his arrangement has interesting minor chords. You can hear the nuance of a real person behind the backing, starting simply and building up nicely.
My backing has been brought back up to F but the chords are dumbed down. BIAB made up the intro and I added the melody as mine is to help me learn it whereas Joe’s needs the vocalists to add the melody. I only run through the two verses as written.
There are lots of YouTube clips of assemblies singing this one. Here is just one of them:
Good Day
I like the song or minus of In Bread we bring you Lord…Perect..
and by the way, I have another song requesting for you entitled “Jerusalem A New Song”. Hope you can do the minus one of that song, it is on GIA but there is no Music Sheet.. But I have a vocal of this song/. The link for Jerusalem A New Song is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8ris2Ad1k, you can hear that at the end of mass because it is a Finale Song…and for the song Come back to Jeruslaem the link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3lQUVwezRs and you can hear that at beginning because it is an Opening Song…
Hope you would hear it and you can make a minus one…
Thank you and God Bless..
The Lyrics is here:
JERUSALEM A NEW SONG
I have groped in the dark
with a cold empty heart
and I’ve searched every livelong day
I have followed the call that was
whispered to me
Though at times I have turned away
still I could feel a warm guiding hand
That leads me along the way
to serve in the house of the Lord, my God
and this is where I long to be
From afar I could here the music of the people
who have searched and found a song
A song that would chase the blues away
and the shadow that comes along
I hear a great rejoicing of the people who
have always known
That this is where the Lord abides
and this is where we all belong.
Refrain:
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM
this isn’t just a song
I’ve managed to come home again,
to the Lord i do belong
and if someday I should stray from you
and not remember to return
Call on me Jerusalem
Call on me Jerusalem
Call on me Jerusalem
to come, HOME.
BACK TO JERUSALEM
Have you been searching do long
Asking so many questions
Wondering where where we are going
and where we belong
Have you wondered ’bout living
Have you wondered ’bout love?
are you searching for answers
from the heavens above?
It is never the end
It’s always just the beginning
there’s no need to pretend
that things keep going your way
No one could always be happy
there’s always time to blue
but if you find your self lonely
here’e what you should do
Refrain:
Come back to jerusalem
Back to Jerusalem
Come back to Jerusalem
Back to your Home
Come back to Jerusalem
Back to Jerusalem
Come back to Jerusalem
Back to your Home…