Tag: shape-note

Our Cheerful Voices let us raise

Byartsyhonker December 22, 2013 0 Comments
Cheerful Voices by Kathryn Rose Our cheerful voices let us raise, And sing a parting song; Although I'm with you now, my friends, I can't be with you long: For I must go and leave you all, It fills my heart with pain; Although we part, perhaps, in tears, I hope we'll meet again. A final shape-note tune to end Cheerful Voices. If you're still short of Christmas presents, you can either download...

Cheerful Voices: Hark! Hark! Glad tidings charm our ears

Byartsyhonker December 21, 2013 0 Comments
Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears, Angelic music fills the spheres; Earth spreads the sound with decent mirth, A God, a God is born on earth! A God is born! the valleys cry; A God is born! the hills reply; Evening repeats to wondering morn, A God, a God on earth is born! Another lovely bit of shape note music from Southern Harmony. I think this would lend itself to trumpet instrumentation...

Cheerful Voices: What wondrous love is this?

Byartsyhonker December 20, 2013 1 Comment
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse for my soul! When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown, Christ laid...