This year, as well as taking a holiday, I've spent some time looking at where all the 288,081 visitors to to this website over the last year are from. To start with, Google Analytics gives a nice summary picture (darker colour = more visitors).
Looking at this in detail, numbers from the largest English-speaking countries are fairly predictable:
- 25% were in the United States of America
- 18% were in the United Kingdom
- 15% were in Ireland
- 7% were in Australia
The next set of countries, each contribute between 4.5 and and 1.5 % of all visits:
Australia 7.2 India 4.3 Canada 4.2 Philippines 2.4 Nigeria 2.3 New Zealand 2.3 South Africa 2.1 Kenya 2 Singapore 1.5 Malaysia 1.4
In many cases, English isn't even an official language used in the country. But it is the unifying language used in some Christian churches, bringing together people from various different language groups, so natually enough they are looking for certain English-language hymns.
After that, the numbers get a lot smaller - there were 58 countries with over 100 visits each:
The Netherlands, , United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Germany, Sudan, Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Italy, Fiji, Jamaica, France, Uganda, Spain, Japan, Kuwait, Brazil, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Israel, Belgium, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, Belize, Barbados, Thailand, Switzerland, Dominica, Saudi Arabia, Austria, South Korea, Oman, Qatar, Grenada, Bahamas, Tanzania, Pakistan, Taiwan, Poland, Malta, St. Lucia, Sweden, Mexico, Ukraine, Vietnam, Bahrain, Norway, Russia, Denmark, Portugal, Namibia, Guyana, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Malawi, Botswana, Seychelles, ad Guam.It's really quite amazing that there are so many people from these places looking for English-language hymns - and it's taught me about a few countries that I didn't even know existed.
There are another 146 countries which contributed less than 100 visitors each - I'm not going to list them, but a special mention goes to the one person from each of Andorra, St. Barthélemy, Cuba, the Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Nauru, St. Helena, Turkmenistan and Yemen: I'm delighted that they visited the site, and hope they were able to find what they were looking for!
Hymn and song research requests for June and July
These are the song and hymn requests which were responded to during June and July 2016.A Mhuire Mhathair
Information about this favourite Irish-language hymn is available here.Ag Críost an Síol
An information page for this Irish-language hymn is available here.All of my Life I will Praise the Living God
Information about this song is available here.All the Nations of the Earth
An information page for this song by Michael Cockett and Kevin Mayhew is now available here.Be Thou my Vision
Information about this Irish-origin hymn is available here.Bring Back the Springtime
Information about this song by American composer Kurt Kaiser is now available here.Bring them to the Lord
This request for a hymn called Bring them to the Lord was made in 2015 by someone who heard it in Nigeria. It included one phrase from the hymn I "will bring my gift to the Lord! I will offer." I haven't found any hymn which is an exact match - but one possibility is Sir Jude Nnan's In Thanksgiving and Love, which contains some very similar phrases.Dauntless Ignatius
Information about this hymn about St ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is now available here.Don't Worry about Food
Updated information about this song based on Matthew 6 is available here.Everything I Posess
Information about this song by Australian Fr Frank Andersen is now available here.Gentle as Silence
An informaiton page for this song is now available here.Go the Mass is Ended
An information page for this song is now available here.Greet we this Mystery
An information page about this communion hymn by Ronald A Knox is now available here.Hail Mary Gentle Woman
Information about this song by American composer Carey Landry, is now available here.Heart of Jesus Sacred Heart
Information about this hymn about the Sacred Heart of Jesus is now available here.Hymn 223
Assuming that this request is for number 223 from the Nigerian Catholic Hymn Book, which is Miriam Therese Winter's song Come Down Lord my Son is Ill - there is now an information page about it here.I Give my Hands
This song was first requested in 2015 - but only the first few words of the title were included, so I wasn't absolutely certain if this was the right version. But a recent request has me thinking that it is - so an information page about it is now available here.I'd Rather have Jesus than Silver or Gold
Information about this gospel song by Rhea F Miller is now available here.
Jesus Lord I'll Sing A Song
This song by Breige O'Hare was requested by two people who heard it in church in Ireland in May 2015. It has been difficult to find any more information about it, beyond that it is inlcuded in one in-print hymnal from England. The information that has been found is now available here.Leave it in the Hands of the Lord
An information page for this song is now available here.Lord You have Come to the Seashore
The Six Maddens webiite has a full description of this English-language translation of Pescador De Hombres - including an alternative translation than the most-commonly-used one.Nearer my God to Thee
Information about this hymn is available here.O Christ the Same
Information about this hymn by Timothy Dudley-Smith is now available here.Psalm 66
This request was simply included the phrase Psalm 66 - without more detail about the section of the psalm, it's not possible to know what the person who asked for it was looking for.Romans IIIV
Information about this hymn by American priest Enrico Garzilli,is available here.Sing to the Mountains
An information page for this hymn by Robert Dufford is now available here.Soldiers of Christ
This request came from someone who learned the song at an Evangelical church in Ireland.Although there are several older hymns with this title, none of them match the other words which were provided:
Let us arm ourselves with the armour of God let us stand our ground with hope and love let us push on through the trials and hardship of life like a soldiers of Christ.
If you have any information about this song - who wrote it, whether it has been published, where to find any on-line examples - please leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.
Take up the Wonderful Cross
This request was for lead music to Take up the Wonderful Cross. Google isn't finding any hymns with that specific title - though as an alternative it suggests The Wonderful Cross, which is a bridge written by Chris Tomlin to go between verses 2 and 3 of When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.If that's not what you're looking for, then please submit another request with some more details, and I'll try searching again.
The Lord is my Shepherd - Gelineau
This request is for the Gelineau setting of The Lord's my Shepherd which was used when the Pope visited Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982.The words used in this are from the Grail translation - and available on this website, along with a YouTube clip.
Sheet music of this setting is still available from OCP, and a preview can be seen on Hymnary.
The Wisdom Song
A reader found this song on YouTube. They've written down the words from the first verse:One Starry Night King Solomon had a dream God said that he could have anything he pleased Emeralds Rubies Diamonds As far as he could see But he only needed just one thing God will give us wisdom That is what we need Help for every problem Strength for you and me
But they want to find out some more details about the song: who wrote it, is sheet music available, who owns the copyright, etc. So far, this hasn't been located. If you have any information about this, please leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of this page.
Throughout All Time
Information about this paraphrase of Psalm 89 by David Haas is now available here.To Everything there is a Season
Information about this song by American composer Ed Harris is now available here.We Shall be as One
An information page about this short worship chorus by Joan Parsons is now available here.You are the King of Glory (Hosanna to the Son of David
An information page for this English worship song is now available here.Don't see your request?
Every month, there are a number of requests which just don't have enough information to track down the intended hymn or song. If you made a request but don't see it listed here, then you might like to try again. this time, including some phrases that aren't likely to be included in other hymns.Getting updates about requested songs and hymns
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