This page is provided so that you can hear the tunes of items which we use in church. Mostly they are written by the vicar. Please note that they are copyright - we are very happy to give permission to you to use them, but we would like to hear about it. Please include any use on your Christian Copyright Licence returns.
Down this page:
- the words,
- the story,
- the sheet music,
- media player.
Let's sing to God our maker
Let's sing to God our maker
Let's sing to God our maker,
for he's won a mighty victory,
for Egypt's horse and rider
he has thrown down deep into the sea.
For the Lord is God, my strength and song,
and he is now my full salvation:
He fights for his people, the Lord is his name:
Let us praise him, all his holy nation.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious,
with your arm you shatter all your foes.
Who's like you, Lord, victorious,
and majestic as your glory shows?
Your unfailing love will lead us on,
for you've redeemed us in your pity,
and by all your power and your strength and your might
you will guide us to your holy city.
Words copyright © John Hartley 2007.
Suggested tune as below - please help me identify it!
Story behind the song
This song arose from a request on the COIN (Christians on the Internet) music e-mail discussion list, for metrical canticles suitable for singing as part of the Easter Vigil. The "Song of Miriam and Moses" is one of them. You can find the full scheme by following this link.
Often it's a matter of choosing the right tune for the mood of the words. I suggest the tune "The British Grenadiers" - more information on it (and its original words) at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_British_Grenadiers. However I have changed the very last bar of the original tune.
John Hartley.
Windows Media Player. When you click the left-hand "play" button your computer should have started to play the tune. If it didn't, you might be able to get the tune by clicking here, or by right-clicking the link, choosing "save target as", saving it onto your computer, and then opening it with a music-playing program.
Please remember that a midi file of a tune isn't supposed to be a state-of-the-art musical arrangement - it is only supposed to give a basic idea of how the tune goes. Any reasonable organist / keyboard player / music group could make it sound far better.