Way back when the Praise to God hymnal was put together Monica Brown was Sister Monica Brown SGS and making songs for children. Now she has lots of music for adults as well, especially to assist with meditation. This is a nice article about Monica.
I recall her songs from when my children were small and they were always welcome for First Communion classes and the like. It’s great that her music is still in print and available.
I any case the editors of PTG are to be applauded for seeking out women’s voices and not all of them were nuns. This was originally sourced from a collection called, Let the Children Come, but is now available as sheet music in the collection, Praise and Blessings. You can get MP3s and sheet music at her Emmaus site.
This is another case where all you get is melody line in this collection. So I made up some chords. Watch out for the key change for the last chorus – D to Eb.
Chorus
We belong. We belong.
You and I we belong to Jesus.
So together let’s sing our belonging song
And praise and thank our God.
1 We belong just like a branch to a tree,
Just like flower to the seed.
That’s just how it’s supposed to be.
Chorus
2 We belong just like the tear to the eye,
Just like a smile to the face.
That’s just how it’s supposed to be.
Chorus
3 We belong just like children in a family,
Just like love between friends.
That’s just how it’s supposed to be.