Jerusalem: A New Song

I have been asked to do a “minus one” of a couple of very obscure songs by Frenzy Cool in the Philippines.

They both are concerned with Jerusalem and the first is called “Jerusalem: a New Song”.

It might be a GIA copyright but I can’t find anything on the internet about the author or where to get sheet music, so if anyone knows anything more I’m all ears.

These are the lyrics as provided:

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 hear 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.

They linked to this clip where the song is right at the end.

I have extracted the audio for just the song:

This arrangement is verse/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/chorus.

I have made a matching backing with approximate chords but I have not done the melody line so you’ll have to know the song to sing along.

I can’t really place the liturgical use for this song but, again, I’m open to suggestions.

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10 Responses to Jerusalem: A New Song

  1. Frenzy cool says:

    Good day…

    Even though I did not hear yet the music you’ve made
    Im really happy of it…

    Even me I could not found the music sheet of the song but its from GIA too.
    I will wait for the another song of what I asked entitled Back to Jerusalem,

    What I’ve said that I did not still played or listen the song cause
    I could not open it on my phone..
    I could open it if will go on the internet cafe…
    So im very excited to listen it…

    Thank you and
    God bless you all…

    • Anne says:

      Hello, Good day! I stumbled upon this article and I happen to know about this song. This song is sung in the Jerusalem Mass in our city and I’m very familiar with the video attached below. Glad to know you are interested in it…

  2. Ann says:

    Hello! We will be celebrating our 31st Youth Mass anniversary on September 29 previously known as Jerusalem anniversary. Can I ask po of the minus one or any music sheet of Jerusalem a New Song and Come back to Jerusalem, if you have any? Thanks so much po.

    You can send it to my email po. herediaannroselle@gmail.com.
    thank you so much!

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