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.
Three tunes:
first tune,
second tune,
third tune.
Let us sing (first tune)
Let us sing
Let us sing to the Lord of creation,
Till the ends of the earth hear our voice.
Let us sing from the tops of the mountains,
Let the hills and the valleys rejoice.
We will sing to the Lord, the Almighty!
Let us give Him the glory!
Let us praise!
Let us worship the Lord of creation,
For His hand is in all that we see.
He will give us earth's food for our bodies
And His Spirit for eternity.
We will sing to the Lord, the Almighty!
Let us give Him the glory!
Let us praise!
Words copyright © Pam Gidney 2007.
Story behind the song
After a few other collaborations on songs, Pam wrote to me and asked me if I would care to write a tune for this hymn. I replied by giving her a choice of three: and she said she didn't much like the first tune, but liked the other two very much and couldn't decide which to choose. So they are all displayed on this site. We subscribe to the view that it's best to provide a variety of tunes for a hymn, so that people can use the one they like best.
First tune, second tune, third 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.