It was included in the 20th Century Folk Hymnal Volume 1, and various other books published in the 1970s. Sheet music is still available from OCP, and the song is also in hymn-books including McCrimmon's Celebration Hymnal for Everyone 2012 edition, which is still in-print.
Like most of Temple's work, this song is not covered by CCLI licensing.
The words are set to an un-named tune, also by Temple. This has a 4/4 time signature, and in the key of E, the first few notes of the melody are E B, AGFE.
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Downloads
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Examples
Choir with keyboard
Solo singer with guitar
An early recording - small group with guitar and mandolin?
Singer with guitar, words and chords on-screen
Large choir with gentle keyboard
Small band, professional recording with words on-screen
Instrumental - piano
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. Guitar chords are available here.The song has three verses. Each is four lines long - but to make sense, the 3rd and 4th lines need to run together. A rough outline is:
1 Take my hands and make them as your own, ...
2 Take my hands, they speak now for my heart ...
3 Take my hands; I give them to you, Lord ...
This hymn is still to be found in many in print hymnals such as celebration Hymnal for Everyone pub McCrimmons, Hymns Old and New (and its successors) pub Kevin Mayhew Ltd, &c
ReplyDeleteIt was pleasant to find this song again. I haven't sung it since my senior year in high school back in 1979.
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