StrAIned Hymn
Jengie Jon
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The following hymn appeared in the church hymn sheets today
Thy Word, O Lord, in truth abides
A light to guide our way
In sacred page, Thy voice resides
To lead us day by day
Thy Word, O Lord, a steadfast guide,
Reveals Thy boundless love;
It calls us to Thy Son's own side,
To find our home above.
It is by that prolific writer Anonymous though the title of the thread should give you some clue to their identity. I went to the evening mass which is said so NO HYMNS (phew on this occassion), so no idea how singable but although in common meter I think the stresses are not good. I thought that this attempt by anonymous might get some comment here.
Thy Word, O Lord, in truth abides
A light to guide our way
In sacred page, Thy voice resides
To lead us day by day
Thy Word, O Lord, a steadfast guide,
Reveals Thy boundless love;
It calls us to Thy Son's own side,
To find our home above.
It is by that prolific writer Anonymous though the title of the thread should give you some clue to their identity. I went to the evening mass which is said so NO HYMNS (phew on this occassion), so no idea how singable but although in common meter I think the stresses are not good. I thought that this attempt by anonymous might get some comment here.
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I think an alternative would be "Tallis ordinal" if you are RC, otherwise the two already mentioned by BT would be pretty widely known ime particularly "Dundee". I have often played the latter if a tune in that metre has been needed.
Yes, it fits nicely with Crimond. A good choice.
@betjemaniac:
Nothing works quite nicely with Aurelia.
(I'll get me coat).
That might explain why it is doggerel. Are we sure Hallmark haven't copyrighted it?
Well I’m happily singing it here, and it doesn’t take much battering
I’d assumed the opposite, everyone had, and that everyone had gone straight past it to ‘what can you do with it?’
Yes, of course - from the thread title and from the excruciatingly poor quality of the lyrics, which I previously refrained from commenting on.
Agreed - it seemed obvious enough.
May I be forgiven by Māna-Yood-Susha̅i̅, or whatever other gods there be, but this is just the sort of Toshly Doggerel which FatherInCharge picks up during his holidays, and which he delights in inflicting on the ever-diminishing congregation at Our Place...
“Let me write the hymns and music of the church, and I care very little who writes its theology.” going through my head.
I really can’t figure out how you’re doing that.
Like @Baptist Trainfan, I started reading it and within one line was hearing it to DUNDEE.
Hehe...and in rather more recent times, too.
I was thinking that too, though it fits with Lutheran theology.
At least, that's how I read this thread.
An acquired taste, I agree.
Which brings me to the alleged AI hymn - it's doggerel, but no worse than some deliberately penned doggerel I've been asked to sing.
Flexibly, but not without precedent - I accept Aurelia should be 7676, but, if you know your musical theatre or WW1 history you might remember ‘The Ragtime Infantry’ adapts it to 7886.
From there 8686 really isn’t a stretch if you’ve already got The Ragtime Inf in your head!
I agree. Blame student holidays working as relief organist at a crematorium for giving me an aversion to both Crimond and Eventide.