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.
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- the words,
- the story,
- the sheet music,
- media player.
Shout to the Lord!
Shout to the Lord!
Shout to the Lord! Bring him your praise!
Worship and dance, all nations!
Shout to the Lord, all of your days!
Bring him your adorations!
For great is his love towards us his people,
steadfast and sure his endless mercies!
Great is his love towards us his people,
faithful are all of his ways!
Sound to the Lord! Trumpet and harp!
Praise on the pipe, all nations!
Sing to the Lord! Keep your voice sharp!
Bring him your adorations!
For great is his love ...
Crash to the Lord! Cymbals and gongs!
Praise on the strings, all nations!
Sing to the Lord! Anthems and songs!
Bring him your adorations!
For great is his love ...
Sound to the Lord! Keyboard and flutes!
Praise on the horns, all nations!
Play to the Lord, cellos and lutes!
Bring him your adorations!
For great is his love ...
Fanfare the Lord! Horns and trombones!
Praise on the brass, all nations!
Strike to the Lord, high Xylophones!
Bring him your adorations!
For great is his love ...
Words copyright © John Hartley 2008.
Music copyright © Dave Davis 2008.
Based on Psalms 117 and 150.
Story behind the song
Dave Davis wrote this tune and sent it to me, saying that he felt it might start well with a phrase like "Shout to the Lord!" and include various expressions of praise, maybe like the praise psalms 117 and 150, and would I like to have a go at writing some words, seeing as I like psalms? So I did! After throwing a few ideas around, we settled on verse 1 as a foundation, based on Psalm 117, and then the musical ideas which follow take up the suggestions of Psalm 150.
Dave and I are aware that some of the rhymes won't work quite so well in USA as they will in UK, and users of the song may like to adapt the verses for their own particular combinations of instruments in their own music groups.
John Hartley.
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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.