This surprising song was written by Digby Hannah, a Baptist minister from Melbourne. It is noted to be in a folk style and you can hear that in the snippet at AOV. When I put it into BIAB it seemed more of a great gospel style song. In that style, I think this is another lost classic Aussie Hymn. How about we use it instead of “Come to the Water.”
Verse 1
There’s a river running deep within the silence of our souls,
Where the quenching healing waters carve their art
At its source a spring of living water surging and sustained,
It’s the voice of Jesus waiting for the listening of our hearts.Chorus
When the living waters flow in us
When the living waters flow again,
They will carry us, they will wash us down.
They will quench our thirst again.Verse 2
Sometimes the river of our life winds wandering away,
Sometimes the rapids tumble restlessly,
Comes the time to stop and find the deeper river running strong
To drink refreshing waters, and hear the spirit’s song.Chorus
Verse 3
Hear the call to thirsty people, there’s no need to thirst again,
To the weary come beside still waters lie
Full of goodness full of mercy our cup will overflowWhen the call of that deep river is a voice we’ve come to know.
Chorus
© Digby Hannah 1994.
I’m still learning how to replace the melody line in BIAB with a VST plugin instrument. Here’s another experiment:
I tried to download the MP3 backing for The Deepr River, but couldn’t save it anywhere without buying Quick Player Pro. What am I doing wrong?
I love this backing!
G’Day Jodie
If you right click the link next to download MP3 backing you should be able to save the MP3 without having to use any other program. Just in case you are after the one with the VST learning curve I’ll put a link to that one as well.
cheers
Geoff
Dear Geoff,
Thanks for that help. I’ve got it now. This site is fantastic. Thanks for all of your hard work in making these backing tracks.
Cheers
Jodie
I love this song (words) and the tune. I cannot download the MP3 from AOV (not cleared for sale) and I would like to have a copy of the backing that I could use for learning the song.
Is it possible to purchase a download from you?
G’Day John
The thread above must look confusing as I decided to remove all download links to makes myself a smaller target in the copyright wars. This site is nonprofit, educational and designed to enhance the commerce of the songwriters. (ie fair use from an American perspective) I don’t even put up lyrics anymore.
I don’t sell these backings as they are merely sketches on Band in a Box to help us learn the songs, so I suppose playing along with the streaming MP3 is my suggestion. I can’t stop people from recording the backing on Audacity themselves but otherwise the download links stay removed.
The other suggestion I have is contacting the songwriter Digby Hannah.
You may be able to find him through his previous parish (St Kilda Baptist) or through his current position.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/digby-hannah/4b/65a/888?trk=biz_employee_pub
He is able to give permission for his material to be used.
I hate to be a pest but that’s the best I can do.
Geoff
Thanks Geoff,
I appreciate your prompted response on this.
Thank you for your helpful suggestions.
I understand and concur about the copyright, and if I ever got anything published myself would want it copyrighted. Cheers.
Thanks for your ministry. I’ve done some online search after visiting here and found that you can purchase downloadable music and MP3 from https://willowpublishing.com.au/. You can secure the copyright through OneLicense.