A parishioner recently gave me a big box full of old books, mostly song books and sheet music. One was a "folk hymnal" from the 70's. I opened it to this song I had long since forgotten. I recall this song being almost omnipresent at Communion in the LCMS Lutheran churches I attended growing up in the 70's. You can sing along if you feel the urge :
Sons of God, hear his holy word
Gather round the table of the Lord
Eat his body drink his blood
And we'll sing a song of love
allelu alellu allelu allelu alleluia
Can't you hear those guitars strumming?
Isn't it funny how something so popular, used and touted by so many, can go away so quickly? The whole folk service craze is gone like so many hippies in the wind. One wonders how embarassed some will be 20 years from now looking back on the Amy Grant songs and the praise choruses of today and wonder, "What were we thinking?"
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Think about someone opening a long-abandonded TLH or LW, after years of contemporarized worship.
They'd wonder 'what have we been thinking?' and 'where's all this been?'
Where have all the flowers gone, man?
;-\
This was a very popular Communion hymn at my home congregation in the late 1970's/early 1980's.
It reeks of the 1960's. One can almost smell the patchouli, if that truly IS patchouli, man.
Yeah, at mine too, man.
Some of those songs we used to sing at youth group in the late 70's! I've forgotten most of them but I would love to get my hands on some songbooks from that time. they were mostly hold overs from the 60's. One Tin Soldier. What were some others?
Oh, yeah, man, Sitting in the living room, having Bible Study, praying in a circle, urging us to have quiet times, and the guitar players.
I can dig it.
Dude!
That WAS us! We sang it over and over and over with Blind Man, I am the Resurrection(gag). And to think that congregation can't even do Matins anymore. Oh, the patchouli was there to cover up the 'other' stuff *grin*. Ah, those were the days.
Praise God they are gone!
Kash and Lily
Blind man standing by the side of the road,
Blind man standing by the side of the road,
Blind man standing by the side of the road,
and he cried, oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh,
Show me the way, ay ay,
Show me the way, ay ay,
Show me the way ay ay,
the way to go home.
I had forgotten that one.
Here on the West Coast, the RCC is still trapped in the 60's and 70's, man. Well over half of the parishes I've gone to have at least one Folk Mass, man. They'll probably move on to Amy Grant-like music after the contemporaries have finally moved on to other pablum, man. I especially love the Hoe-down Amen, man.
Aaayyyyy-men ... Aaaaayyy-men ... Aaaaaay-men, Aayy-men, Aayy-men
...Sing it oooover...
Aaayyyyy-men ... Aaaaayyy-men ... Aaaaaay-men, Aayy-men, Aaymen, man
Hi Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Im gerard all the way from sunny singapore and ive come to assure you that these songs are still being sung in Singapore. Im catholic and we still use sons of God in church during Mass and we sing blind man with actions during youth camps and other activities. That being said, I'm also a worship leader and I truly appreciate the wonder of modern praise songs which has brought a whole new dimension to prayer and worship. I think both can exist together. and when I grow up I think I'll look back at both kinds of songs with tremendous nostalgia and sing them to my kids hahah. God Bless
First sang this at Camp Dominic Savio (Hi Brother Michael and the Salesians!) in the late 60s, then heard it again when serving in the USMC in the 70s. Very powerful when sung by a mens group with good baritones. I'm introducing it to my CRHP team tomorrow...bringing an oldie but a goodie to my younger brothers!!!
I still am getting an amazing amount of interest and comments on this post and this song. Amazing to me.
Who worte this thing anyway? Too lazy to google.
"And we'll sing a song of love."
We use this sometimes at Cursillo weekends. I'm looking for author/copyright info for use in a songbook I am putting together. Any help would be appreciated.
God bless!
"Sons of God" was written in 1966 by James Thiem the copyright permission can be obtained through either onelicense.net or ccli.com
I am actually in the process of recording my version of this song this afternoon!
Lee
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