Hallelujah My Father - Cullen

This is short worship chorus, which thanks God for sending Jesus to the world.

It was written by Timothy (?) Tim Cullen and first released by Celebration International in 1975. Later it was included in the 1978 book Songs of the Spirit. volume 1, and has been in other publications including Mission Praise and Anglican Hymns Old and New. No current sources of sheet music have been found, but some of these books are still available.

The tune has a 4/4 time signature, and in the key of E the first few notes are EF GG GA GF FF. It appears to borrow a few musical phrases from Neil Young's 1970's hit, After the Gold Rush.

The song has been translated into Swedish, as Halleluja Vår Fader, and is also known as Thank You Father.

Downloads

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Examples

Worship band, professional recording:

Singer, self-accompanied on piano:

Folk choir - unaccompanied then very light organ, professional recording:

Lead singer and choir, with piano-led orchestra, words on-screen, professional recording:

Choir, unaccompanied:

Singer, unaccompanied:

Lyrics

The words are copyright. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

Hallelujah, my Father, for giving us your Son;
Sending Him into the world to be given up for men,
Knowing we would bruise Him and smite Him from the earth.
Hallelujah, my Father, in His death is my birth;
Hallelujah, my Father, in His life is my life.