If you Believe and I Believe

This is a short worship song about the Holy Spirit, salvation / freedom and unity.

The words are on a Zimbabwean folk-song (the English translator is unknown), and the tune is a Zimbabwean adaptation of a traditional English folk-tune.

The original lyrics included the idea of a specific place (Zimbabwe etc.) being saved - but a more general form (set God's people free) is also used in many places.

Downloads

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Downloadable SATB + assembly arrangement by John Bell, from GIA Publiations

PowerPoint
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4-part ensemble, 4 voice choral arrangement by Hal H Hopson

Examples

Children's choir with band, professional recording:

Choir, unaccompanied:

African praise event- original words:

Cantor and chorus, unaccompanied:

Worship leader at a live event - original lyric foramt:

Lyrics

If you believe and I believe
And we together pray,
The Holy Spirit will come down
And set God’s people free,
And set God’s people free,
And set God’s people free;
The Holy Spirit will come down
And set God’s people free.