O River of God

This is a short praise chorus from mid 20th century "Latter Rain Movement".

It was written by American Pentecostal movement pastor James Lee Beall (1924 - 2013) (ref), and set to tune composed by Frieda Campbell.

It is referred to in this newspaper article from 1967, and was published with no attribution in the 20th Century Folk Hymnal Volume 3 in 1976.

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Lead sheet (melody + chords)

PowerPoint slides

Examples

Original recording:

Singer with backing track:

Singer with band, live performance:

Singer with piano:

Singer with electronic organ - early recording:

Instrumental:

Lyrics

Oh river of God, flow down on me.
Oh river of God, flow out from me.
Oh river of God, so rich and free,
Oh river of God, I come to Thee.

ABC Notation

X:1
T:River of God
C:Unknown
L:1/4
M:4/4
K:Dmaj
"D"z A A/2>G/2 F | (A2F2) | z A A ^G | "A7"G4 |
w:Oh ri-ver of God,_ flow down on me.
z B B/2>A/2 G | (B2G2) | z A A G | "D"F4 |
w:Oh ri-ver of God,_ flow out from me.
z A A/2>G/2 F | (A2F2) | "D7"z F G A | "G"G4 |
w:Oh ri-ver of God,_ so rich and free,
"E7"z d d/2>c/2 B | ("D"A2F2) | "A7"z G F E | "D"D4 |]
w:Oh ri-ver of God,_ I come to Thee.

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Oh river of God, flow down on me.
Oh river of God, flow out from me.
Oh river of God, so rich and free,
Oh river of God, I come to Thee.