King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Glory Hallelujah

This is an energetic a worship chorus giving glory to the Christ the King of Kings.   It can be sung as a round.

It was set to a Hebrew folk-tune  (composer unknown, assumed to be public domain) by Naomi Batya Ginsberg (later renamed Nomi Yah, b 1961) and Sophie Conty in 1974, when they were 13.  They sang it at a large missionary conference that Batya's mother was attending, and the missionaries spread the song organically.

The song was included in an LP, Kids of the Kingdom - Follow the Leader released  under the Birdwing label in 1978 (source), and later recorded by Maranatha Praise in  1980.  It became very well-known in 1990s, when Petra recorded the song in a rock-style.

Hymn-books where it has been published in include:

• Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship, London, England, 2013
• Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.), Kevin Mayhew Ltd, Great Britian, 2008
• Baptist Hymnal 1991, Convention Press, USA 1991 and 2008
• Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, England, 2000
• Complete Mission Praise, Marshall Pickering, London, UK, 1999
• Our Sacrifice of Praise, published for the congregational use of Broadway Church of Christ. Kentucky, USA, 1991
• Rejoice Hymns, Majesty Music, Greenville, South Carolina, USA, 2011
• Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship, Hope Publishing, USA, 1995
• Sing Joyfully, Tabernacle Publishing company, Illinois USA, 1989
• Sing the Faith, Westminster John Knox Press, 2003 for the Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Songs for Life, CRC Publications, 1995 for the Christian Reformed Church, USA
• Songs of Faith and Praise, Howard Publishing Co. Los Angeles, USA, for the Churches of Christ in 1994
• Songs, Songs and Creations, Inc., San Aselmo, CA, 1988
• The Book of Praise, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, Canada, 1997
• The Celebration Hymnal. Word Music/Integrity Music, USA 1997
• The Faith We Sing,  Abingdon Press for the USA United Methodist Church, 2001
• The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration, Word Music, Nashville, 1986
• The Worshiping Church. Hope Publishing Company, 1990
• Worship and Rejoice , Hope Publishing Company, Illinois, USA., 2003
  

This shows the wide geographic and denomination exposure that the song had in the late 20th / early 21st centuries:  given this, it's surprising that there are so few videos of it in use now (at the time of writing, almost all of them are shown below).

Downloads

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Lead sheet (melody+chords), write in the words if you have a suitabl license

ABC notation

Downloadable instrumental arrangement: keyboard with optional flute, percussion

Examples

Singer with backing track

Singer with band, professional recording

Rock-style professional recording from the 1990s

Small group line-dancing, with piano and tambourine

Professional recording, rock-style with muppet-video

Children with guitar-led ban, professional recording

Singer with piano, words on-screen

Instrumental - rock-style kareoke, professional recording

Instrumental - piano, with words on-screen

Lyrics

King of Kings and Lord of Lords, glory hallelujah.

King of Kings and Lord of Lords, glory hallelujah.

Jesus Prince of Peace, glory hallelujah.

Jesus Prince of Peace, glory hallelujah.

See more ...

• Hymns about Christ the King
• Hymns of glory

Image adapted from Christ the King with the regalia of a Byzantine emperor, at Melkite Catholic Annunciation Cathedral in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - via Wikipedia