It includes 48 hymns, all in English, and most in contemporary language and in the folk / popular genre, with a focus on positive Christian truths and read-world events.
The hymns are organised by season, including both church-calendar seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, etc) and some secular seasons like harvest and remembrance. Each season also includes a small scripture quote relevant to it.
Each song is presented with a melody line and guitar chords, with all verses set in a block further down the page (ie the verses are not interspersed with the notation).
The book edited by Peter D Smith of Sheffield, and includes a foreword by him on the inner cover. It does not have an ISBN number. The cover price when the book was printed was 7 shillings and 6 pence.
Now out-of-print, copies are sometimes available from Amazon (UK / Ireland)
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Table of Contents
| Title (first-line) | Number |
|---|---|
| A Cry of Spirits | 25 |
| A cry of spirit moved across the heath and fought the dirty bark Lyrics & tune: Rognvald Richards © Rognvald Richards Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Harvest | |
| A Song for Lent | 8 |
| Strengthen Lord my purpose Lyrics: Michael Hewlett © Galliard Ltd Tune: John Maynard © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Lent | |
| Ballard of the Son of Man | 3 |
| John came a-preaching by the Jordan river Lyrics & tune: Emily Chisholm © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 11 Recommended uses: Advent This song has a mid-verse refrain "The Son of Man is coming", rather than a chorus between verses | |
| Bird of Heaven | 21 |
| Catch the bird of heaven / Ah, the bird of heaven! Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Pentecost From "Songs of Sydney Carter in the Present Tense Book 1" | |
| Celebration Song | 17 |
| Man more than man, completely fulfilled Lyrics: Valerie M Dunn © Jack Green in trust Tune: Jack Green © Jack Green in trust Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Easter From "Let the Cosmos Ring" | |
| Christ Through the Waters | 18 |
| Christ through the waters, the waters of Jordan Lyrics & tune: Sister Oswin © Sacred Heard Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Easter From "Songs of our Day" | |
| Come and Climb the Mountain | 13 |
| Come and climb the mountain and see what I can see Lyrics: Marian Colihole © Galliard Ltd Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Holy Week | |
| Creation's Song | 18 |
| Creation's song breaks forth / Praising the Lord of life Lyrics: Valerie Dunn © Jack Green in trust Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Easter | |
| Crow on the Cradle, The | 27 |
| The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn / Sang the crow on the cradle Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Essex Music Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Remembrance | |
| Day of the Spirit, The | 20 |
| We went with a message Lyrics: Michael Hewlett © Galliard Ltd Tune: John Maynard © Galliard Ltd Tune-name: WHITSUN JINGLE Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Pentecost | |
| Don't Wait for an Angel | 8 |
| Don't wait for an angel / He's only a baby Lyrics & tune: Caryl Micklem © New Christian Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Christmas | |
| Down Huddersfield Road | 14 |
| Down Huddersfield Rd goes a lonely man / All night at his loom Lyrics & tune: Aimé Duval © Aimé Duval Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Holy Week The original French version was called "Rue des Longues Haies", a road in the industrial centre of Rubaix. The English title gives the connotation of textile mills. | |
| Father in Heaven | 23 |
| Father in heaven grant to thy children Lyrics: Elena G Maquiso © Dr D T Niles Tune: Philippine traditional Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Trinity Reprinted from "EACC Hymnal" | |
| Fire is Lighting Torch and Lamp at Night | 20 |
| Lyrics: John Geyer © Galliard Ltd Tune: Eric Reid © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Pentecost | |
| Friday Morning | 12 |
| It was on a Friday morning / It's God they ought to crucify Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Holy Week | |
| Go Prophet Go | 5 |
| Go prophet Go! / Go into the nightclubs, cabarets Lyrics: Norman C Habe © Jack Green in trust and Norman C Habel - used with permission Tune: Jack Green © Jack Green in trust and Norman C Habel - used with permission Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Advent From "Let the Cosmos Ring" | |
| Good Friday | 13 |
| Hanging on a tree he was Lyrics & tune: Mary Edwards © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 6 Recommended uses: Holy Week | |
| Harvey | 30 |
| Harvey's in his forties, he's tall and rather thin / And he listens with his hands Lyrics & tune: Sister Estelle © Sacred Heard Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 6 Recommended uses: All Saints | |
| How Can I Keep From Singing | 31 |
| My life flows on in endless song / No storm can shake my inmost calm Lyrics: Traditional Tune: Traditional © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: All Saints | |
| I Will be With You Always | 19 |
| In the crowded streets where tall buildings tower Lyrics: Valerie M Dunn © Jack Green in trust Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Ascension | |
| Indifference | 15 |
| When Jesus came to Golgotha Lyrics: G A Studdart Kennedy © Hodder and Stoughton Ltd Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Holy Week Words from "The Unutterable Beauty" | |
| Killer, The | 27 |
| They say that God who made the world Lyrics: Michael Hewlett © Galliard Ltd Tune: John Maynard © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Remembrance | |
| Let the Cosmos Ring | 32 |
| Let the cosmos ring / Praise Him with the tap of the typewriter Lyrics: Valerie Dunn © Jack Green in trust Tune: Jack Green © Jack Green in trust Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Festivity From "Let the Cosmos Ring" | |
| Lord of the Harvest | 24 |
| We thank you, O God, for your goodness Lyrics: Fred Kaan © Fred Kaan Tune: Traditional © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Harvest | |
| Loving all in all for Us | 26 |
| We have felt love's unseen motion / Loving all in all for us Lyrics: Norman C Habe © Jack Green in trust and Normal C Habel Tune: Fred Taylor © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Harvest | |
| Nobody Dances | 9 |
| Day by day in the marketplace I play my flute all day / At Cana when my mother pleaded Lyrics & tune: Aimé Duval © Aimé Duval Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Lent | |
| Pop Goes the Money | 24 |
| Twenty fags, a jar of ale Lyrics: Jim Stringfellow © Jim Stringfellow Tune: Traditional © Jim Stringfellow Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Harvest | |
| Processional for Palm Sunday | 10 |
| Jesus, King of all men, came to golden Jerusalem / Jesus, Jesus, wave the palms and branches Lyrics: Emily Chisholm © Galliard Ltd Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Palm Sunday | |
| Promise, The | 19 |
| Where's our Jesus? He hasn't gone. Lyrics & tune: Sister Oswin © Sacred Heard Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 2 Recommended uses: Ascension From "Songs of our Day" | |
| Shepherds on Notting Hill | 7 |
| Do shepherds stand tonight on Notting Hill? Lyrics: Geoffrey Ainger © Galliard Ltd Tune: Ian Calvert © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Christmas | |
| Sing High with the Holly | 6 |
| Lyrics: A J Lewis © Galliard Ltd Tune: Michael Lehr © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 9 Recommended uses: Christmas First printed in the Methodist Recorder, used with permission | |
| Song and Dance | 2 |
| When God Almighty came to be one of us Lyrics: Michael Hewlett © Galliard Ltd Tune: Northumbrian air - composer unknown © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Advent | |
| Sun and the Hill, The (Peter and John) | 16 |
| In a garden one night on a bed of bracken and leaf Lyrics & tune: Malcolm Stewart © Vanguard Publications Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Easter | |
| There is a World | 28 |
| There is a world where people come and go / "That world's not ours", that's what we always say Lyrics & tune: Sister Estelle © Sacred Heart Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Remembrance From Harvey and Co. | |
| Thou Mastering Me | 21 |
| Thou mastering me, God! Giver of breath and bread; Lyrics: Gerard Manley Hopkins © Galliard Ltd Tune: Sydney Carter © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 2 Recommended uses: Pentecost From "Songs of Sydney Carter in the Present Tense Book 1" | |
| Tree Springs to Life, The | 17 |
| We meet you O Christ in many a guise Lyrics: Fred Kaan © Fred Kaan Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Easter | |
| Trinity of Mutual Love, The | 23 |
| Lyrics: Hilary Greenwood SSM © Society of the Sacred Mission, Kelham Tune: English traditional Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Trinity | |
| Vine and Fig Tree | 28 |
| And every man 'neath his vine and fig three Lyrics & tune: Traditional Language: English Number of verses: 1 Recommended uses: Remembrance | |
| We Find Thee Lord | 9 |
| We find thee Lord in other's need Lyrics: Giles Ambrose SSM © Society of the Sacred Mission, Kelham Tune: Traditional Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: Lent | |
| We Thank You for the Memories | 29 |
| We thank you for the memories that fill our minds today Lyrics: David J Harding © Galliard Ltd Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: All Saints | |
| When he Comes Back | 2 |
| The master has promised that he will return / When He comes back Lyrics & tune: Malcolm Stewart © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Advent | |
| When They Shouted Hosanna | 11 |
| When they shouted hosanna, were you there, were you there? / And the creed and the colour Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Palm Sunday | |
| Where? | 4 |
| He's no only in the Incarnation / Do you see the starving children Lyrics: Mill Mickie and Michael Lavelle © Galliard Ltd Tune: Peter D Smith © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Advent | |
| Woman in the Bus | 29 |
| Woman in the bus with a pram and a baby Lyrics & tune: Sister Oswin © Sacred Heart Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 4 Recommended uses: All Saints From "Songs for Here and Now" | |
| Wonderful is Your Handiwork | 25 |
| When I look at the work of your hands / Lord, our Lord, glorious is your name Lyrics & tune: Sister Oswin © Sacred Heart Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Harvest | |
| Working Days | 26 |
| Lord look upon our working days Lyrics: Ian M Fraser © Galliard Ltd Tune: Erik Routley © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 5 Recommended uses: Harvest From "New Songs for the Church, Book 1" | |
| You Were There | 22 |
| I met you God last Monday in the glow of molten steel / In man's industrial glory, you were there in might Lyrics: Ian Haile © Galliard Ltd Tune: T Brian Coleman © Galliard Ltd Language: English Number of verses: 6 Recommended uses: Pentecost From "Tunes from Truro" |
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