Whistles For Becky!

Simple demo of John Jacob Niles' song, "I Wonder as I Wander".

I Wonder As I Wander

A rough demo of "What Child is This?" for carol singing this week, on my mountain dulcimer. 

What Child Is This? (2014)

What Child is This? from 2008 with Lennox Fleary on guitar and myself singing.

What Child Is This? (2008)

Come, Love, and rest!
Come, heart, and stay awhile.
Come, Love, and rest!
Come, heart, and sit awhile and be.

Long have we wandered for naught
Long have we wanted for touch
Long we’ve been haunted by loss

Long have we wasted our days
Long have we withered our roots 
Long we’ve been hindered by fear

Bring your hopes / Bring all your proven doubts.
Bring your trust / Bring all those little things… you lack…

Come, Love, and Rest

Come, Lord, and tarry not;
Bring the long looked-for day;
O why these years of waitng here,
These ages of decay?

Come, for Thy saints still wait;
Daily ascends their sigh;
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come;” 
Does Thou not hear the cry?

O come and make all things new
Come and make all things new
O come and make all things new
Build up this longing earth
Come and make all things new.

Come for creation groans,
Impatient of Thy stay,
Worn out with these long years of woe, 
These ages of delay.

Come, for love waxes cold,
Its steps are faint and slow; 
Faith now is lost in unbelief, 
Hope’s lamp burns dim and low.

O come and make all things new
Come and make all things new
O come and make all things new
Build up this longing earth
Come and make all things new.

All Things New (2016)

Gladdening Light

All Things New (Hollywood Sanctuary Version)

Saw the Harriet Tubman movie tonight. Needed to sing afterwards.

Wade in the Water

Praise Godde from whom all blessings flowed
Before our hearts were brought down low
By shadows, hope, and desperate songs
Now journeyed, holy, vacant, gone.
Glory to thee, my Godde, this night,
For all the wonders of the light;
I’ve hymned the sun, 
I’ve sung the moon,
And rhymed the stars—
but all too soon
It falls away.
Amen.

Doxology

Wayfaring Playground

An original arrangement of the Sacred Harp hymn, The Morning Trumpet. Arranged for Appalachian mountain dulcimer, cello and voice.

O, Shout Glory! (The Morning Trumpet)

Former worship leader now more interested in humans and nature than god.  But all the old god songs can stay up because they’re still interesting and art that doesn’t suck. Our past is always part of us.

Scott Arany

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