Hymns and Folk Songs + Composer

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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 to an end and attention was being riveted on the Pacific. When the war ended with the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945, there were hundreds of thousands of servicemen for whom the plaintive strains of “Now Is the Hour“ had a very emotional tug.)

November 

Faith of our Fathers - Irish and English version / a capella / instrumental
Simple Gifts - lyric video / acoustic version / Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss / electronic version

December

Wexford Carol - Julie Andrews - Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss / Irish Tenors
I Heard the Bells - story behind the song / soundtrack / Casting Crowns / Chris Tomlin


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