Sing, you every nation, sing
As a "bonus" "bonus" another from Charles Wesley's Christmas Hymn Book - Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord (first published in 1745).
For today we have hymn number 12 from the collection. "Sing you all you nations sing".
One thing to especially note in the original is the use of the word "condescending" which at the time the hymn was written was considered a positive word "a positive characteristic of a person of superior set of characteristics lowering themselves to speak kindly to an inferior" it was in the Victorian era that this became negative.
This one can be sung to the hymn tune Nottingham - "Take my life and let it be". If I have time I will record it to that tune for completeness but I am sure you can hum it while you read the words.
As it has nine verses the "worship song" version is a little repetitive, as indeed is the Nottingham one, but it being sung as a duet helps a lot in adding variation to the song. At least I think it does.
Self indulgently I have also produced a progressive rock version which is my preferred version so I include that as well.
Credit goes to Mr Wesley for his magnificent hymn writing and Suno.com for the wonders of the music generation they have made possible.
I hesitate to claim copyright on these re-writes but under the terms of the Suno licence, the music is owned by me and possibly copyright me. However, copyright is a minefield at the best of times and more so in the A.I. world.
Chris
Nottingham Hymn Tune - Organ Only
There is a wonderful resource available on Hymnary.org of public domain recordings of lots of hymn tunes on organ and piano from Small Church Music. I have taken the recording of the tune Nottingham and "patched" it to get nine verses. Also increased the tempo by 20%. It still clocks in at just under 4 minutes. If you want to sing along to the original or revised version here it is.
Progressive Rock Version
One of the joys of doing these songs, has been the variety of music styles I have been able to use. For this version (which, if I am honest is only really for me) I have used a progressive rock style and then extended the four minute original so it is a long one at 5:49 - It doesn't feel that long when I am listening to it.This gives the song a bit of variety and a lot of guitar...
For this version I took the fourth verse from the original and used it as a chorus. The other verses are then joined as pairs to make it a four verse song. Having said, that the A.I. repeated a verse so there are still five verses. Only give it a listen if you like this sort of music or give it a go and try to get to the second half of the first verse and chorus - it gets a bit more melodic by then!
The A.I. site produces an image for each of the songs so you can get to the one you want more easily. Today's was the one to the right. It made me smile. As a long haired guitar player I might even put up with the robes if I can still play in heaven. The guitar, if you look closely, has eight wobbly strings but you can't have everything.
"Worship Song" Version
