This song was written by John Bell as part of the St. Bride setting. It is available in written form in the Iona Abbey Music Book from Wild Goose Publications, as well as the Come All You People songbook (page 94).
A traditional Xhosa hymn which, roughly translated, means “Go with us, our saviour” from Pamela Warrick Smith. Paul Vasile brings it to Music that Makes Community. When you lead it, make sure that you keep a steady beat so the group can feel the syncopated rhythm of the tune. I teach the tune first and once that's set teach the bass line. If folks don't intuitively add harmony (almost every group I've taught this to has) then line out parts.
There are several English translations of this text and sadly not all are attributed.
1. You Are Holy, You Show Us the Way in Xhosa: Here is a link to a pdf of the sheet music for this version.
2. God With Us, Lord, and Set Us All Free... etc.
3. Come Walk With Us, the Journey Is Long - text by Anders Nyberg
I have improvised other verses, as well, and heard others do the same: i.e. Go with us, Lord, and give us your love/joy/peace, or Come walk with us and share in our bread. Lots of possibilities.
Additional Information:
Song form: Simple melody with SATB harmony
Composer(s) Name(s): Traditional South African melody
Place of Origin: South African
This lyrics of this setting of Psalm 65 is just a single word: silence.
Dumiyah (Heb. silence)
Tibi silens laus (Lat. For you, silence is praise)
Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
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Sheet music available in the "Our Roots are In You" collection at PsalmImmersion.com.
'Tar a Thighearna' was composed by Ruth Cunningham. The text in Gaelic is translated, "Come, Lord, come thou Being." Ruth and Ana Hernandez recorded it on Blessed By Light, one of their albums as the duo Harc.
Sheet music can be found in Singing In Community, our latest songbook published by Augsburg Fortress.
Here's a video of Rachel Kroh leading 'Tar A Thighearna' at Union Seminary in September 2015:
Here's a lovely recording of the song by Ana and Ruth.
Here's a link to a recording of Emily Scott singing the song and then making some suggestions for how to lead it paperlessly, from the resources Emily has been compiling for the song leaders at St. Lydia's in Brooklyn.
Composed by John Bell, published in We Walk His Way from Wild Goose publications (available as a CD or songbook).
Here's a video of AnnaMarie Hoos leading Come O Lord and Set Us Free at Music that Makes Community at the Bishop's Ranch in January of 2015.
'Arise, Shine' was composed by Ruth Cunningham and is a great example of a layered song.
Sheet music can be found in Singing In Community, our latest songbook published by Augsburg Fortress.
Here's a video of Emily Scott leading 'Arise, Shine' at one of our first Music that Makes Community workshops at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in January 2008.
Here's a video of Paul Vasile and Patrick Evans leading 'Arise, Shine' as part of an improvised setting of Isaiah 60 from our Music That Makes Community workshop in Ottawa, Canada in August 2011.