This is Dameans songs by Mike Bailhoff, Gary Daigle and Darryl Ducote in Gather 3rd Edition.
It is based on Isaiah 61:1-3 and is in the “Mission/Ministry” section. I note the Dameans’ version has spoken sections, which are not noted in this version. They must have been very popular in US, judging by the number of You Tube covers out there, a selection of which appears below.
Mike Bailoff’s version below changes the lyrics to “He has anointed me”. It is a difficult song to sing without sounding too sure of yourself, so it would be best used in a liturgical situation where an assembly is part of a communal decision that we have indeed been anointed.
At GIA you can buy the MP3, but they don’t even have the usual handbell arrangement for the songs they try to forget about. In this case it is because they no longer distribute their music. So the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. The text is on page two of this handout.
Given my promotion of more traditional style liturgical music these days, you might be surprised to know that the Dameans were my window into folk-style church music back in the 80s. Beautifully arranged and sung, their recordings really hit the spot for me, and I had all their cassettes.
A small point: you can buy their music from GIA in one collection: https://giamusic.com/resource/the-dameans-songbook-25th-anniversary-edition-print-g3849
but not individual items. OCP only sells a couple of their songs that get used in their missal program.
Also, the so-called Balhoff version is a reduced version of the original Damiens recording, while the version put on their “Best of” CD” ported to YouTube (with the spoken sections) came off a meditation collection they put together much later on and wasn’t intended for use as such in liturgy.
Chris
I’m afraid I missed out on the Dameans as I grew up a Presbyterian and Catholic folk music would have been a stretch, so I appreciate your help. They sound like sixties folk to me – Kingston Trio, Mitchell Trio, etc – a style I still love.
thanks
Geoff
They originated in the 60s, their first recording contains nothing but guitar and harmony, and yes, they did sound like an early 60s folk group. I didn’t hear of them until the 80s, however, when they joined NALR and were included in their “Glory & Praise” song books, which, I suspect, most older music folk would have come in contact with. They also introduced me to the St. Louis Jesuits and Carey Landry, other folk style composers who started circa 1970. Sadly, few of the original recordings in that period have made it to YouTube.