Where can I find the lyrics to this? I see Edson composed the tune, but there seem to be several different yrics associated with it, and I haven't found this one. Beautiful work here.
Thank you. I've been reading up on this style, and I understand better now: It starts out with singing the names of the notes in the shape-note system: "Fa fafa so so...", then comes the actual lyrics. But I'm hearing phrases like "soul redeemer let faith arise" "let glory be" "let every tongue"--and those phrases do not appear in Psalm 117, or in 104, the psalm suggested on this copy of the song from musicnotes dot com: sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0039388, nor can I find them in any of the versions of the "Waterbridge" lyrics I've turned up.
I have more lyrics I picked up somewhere: Eternal are thy mercies Lord; Eternal truths attend thy Word, Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till sun shall rise and set no more. (Seen elsewhere in the Sacred Harp) Blessings abound where'er He reigns, The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blessed. Let every creature rise and sing, Peculiar honors to our King, Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeats the long Amen. I didn't get these lyrics there, but hymnary.org is a great resource for finding lyrics, bios and info about tunes. Great site, I just found it a couple weeks ago (I wasn't looking very hard though).
Maybe it's because half-way through, they're singing the four singing syllables, fa, sol, la and mi. Then they sing the text by Isaac Watts: From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Redeemers praise arise: Let the Redeemers name be sung Through ev'ry land by ev'ry tongue.
Watching doesn't make us the audience. Everyone who is in the room is on one of the four sides facing inward with the lyrics right in front of them. Some people bring a camera while participating in the singing, just to remember it. This documentation's not discouraged, but it's still not a choral performance: The only place to observe all four parts of the harmony is from the live center of the square. That's by design and is part of the beauty of the art and of the art form, one of its differences from other forms of worship.
This has moved me to tears of joy, and I only wish I lived closer to other people who do this.
God is love, and we can feel it gloriously in this beautiful music. There is no higher form of praise.
What a class! Amazing recording
the most moving music I know and I dont know why
the woman drew it out of them bravo
Numinous.
Just awesome. Is there a soundtrack album for "Awake My Soul"?
Zoe Zoe Zoe! Glory Day!
Where do you live? There are now Sacred Harp singings in several parts of the United Kingdom. See .ukshapenote org uk for details.
Where can I find the lyrics to this? I see Edson composed the tune, but there seem to be several different yrics associated with it, and I haven't found this one.
Beautiful work here.
Words are by Isaac Watts - his version of Psalm 117.
Thank you.
I've been reading up on this style, and I understand better now: It starts out with singing the names of the notes in the shape-note system: "Fa fafa so so...", then comes the actual lyrics.
But I'm hearing phrases like "soul redeemer let faith arise" "let glory be" "let every tongue"--and those phrases do not appear in Psalm 117, or in 104, the psalm suggested on this copy of the song from musicnotes dot com: sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0039388, nor can I find them in any of the versions of the "Waterbridge" lyrics I've turned up.
From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Redeemer’s praise arise:
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung
Through ev’ry land by ev’ry tongue.
Thank you and bless you! I would never have been able to pick that out from the singing.
I have more lyrics I picked up somewhere:
Eternal are thy mercies Lord;
Eternal truths attend thy Word,
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till sun shall rise and set no more. (Seen elsewhere in the Sacred Harp)
Blessings abound where'er He reigns,
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blessed.
Let every creature rise and sing,
Peculiar honors to our King,
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeats the long Amen.
I didn't get these lyrics there, but hymnary.org is a great resource for finding lyrics, bios and info about tunes. Great site, I just found it a couple weeks ago (I wasn't looking very hard though).
There are hundreds of singings all over the US. Go to fasola.org.
I couldn’t understand one single word
Maybe it's because half-way through, they're singing the four singing syllables, fa, sol, la and mi. Then they sing the text by Isaac Watts:
From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Redeemers praise arise:
Let the Redeemers name be sung
Through ev'ry land by ev'ry tongue.
Watching doesn't make us the audience. Everyone who is in the room is on one of the four sides facing inward with the lyrics right in front of them. Some people bring a camera while participating in the singing, just to remember it. This documentation's not discouraged, but it's still not a choral performance:
The only place to observe all four parts of the harmony is from the live center of the square.
That's by design and is part of the beauty of the art and of the art form, one of its differences from other forms of worship.
They start out by singing shaped notes, then they do the song and its words....