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.
In remembrance of you I come
In remembrance of you I come
In remembrance of you I come, I come
You sacrificed yourself for me,
Your bloodshed was to set me free,
You bore the cross for all to see,
In remembrance of you I come.
You carried your cross,
You suffered so much,
When I think of all you've done,
Oh, the pain that I feel,
And all in the name of love:
In remembrance of you I come
In remembrance of you I come, I come
To heal my life I take this bread,
And drink the wine as blood you shed,
And think upon your thorn-scarred head,
In remembrance of you I come.
You carried your cross,
You suffered so much,
When I think of all you've done,
Oh, the pain that I feel,
And all in the name of love:
In remembrance of you I come
Words copyright © Crystal Bamford 2005.
Music copyright © John Hartley 2005.
Story behind the song
"I wrote this song in light of thinking that we have a tendency to forget the real meaning of why we take communion," writes Crystal. "Jesus says 'In remembrance of me' do this. So I am remembering and claiming: yes, Lord, in remembrance of YOU I come to get my bread and juice/wine. It is not just something we do traditionally or by habit every month, but really to remember the meaning: we are walking to get what God gave us. I'm not really talking about the bread and wine; I'm talking about life, freedom, healing and the love it took to accomplish this."
Crystal Bamford posted the lyrics for this song on the Christian Songwriting Organisation e-mail list on 30th March 2005, and there were several comments about minor changes to the lyrics, particularly some rearrangement of the order of lines in the chorus. Soon afterwards I approached her about the possibility of writing a tune for it. Crystal replied that she did have a tune in mind for the song, but she was willing for me to have a go at writing one, because after all there's no reason a song shouldn't have two tunes. So we struck a bargain: she'd sing her tune to me and I'd arrange it, and I would also work on my tune. And so the song was born: this page has the modified words set to my tune, and you can see her tune (arranged by me) to the original words by clicking here. It has been a pleasure working with her.
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.