Hymns and Folk Songs + Composer
Our monthly hymns and folk songs for 1st semester ( Download lyric sheet here ) August For the Beauty of the Earth - version 1 / version 2 / acoustic version The Log Driver's Waltz - video / version with orchestra / acoustic version September Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken - video with lyrics / acoustic version The Water is Wide - James Taylor - Eva Cassidy October How Great Thou Art - story behind the song / Lauren Daigle / Shane and Shane Now is the Hour - acoustic version / Bing Crosby / history video (Most of the popular songs that grew out of World War II came from the European side of the battle. One of the very few that reach us from the Pacific was “Now is the Hour“, a song of the maori’s of New Zealand, originally known as “Maori Farewell Song“. It was given English lyrics and its English title, and Gracie Fields, the great British musical entertainer, popularised it during the last stages of the war. This was a period when the conflict in Europe was drawing