I remember this hymn from Sunday school–and we weren’t even Welsh.
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah–the tune serves several different sets of lyrics. This is the one I remember best.
Tag: welsh hymns
‘Hyfrydol’ (On a Dulcimer)
All sorts of unedifying nooze out there today–but let’s have this first. Hyfrydol, a well-known Welsh hymn played here on a mountain dulcimer, by Gwen Caeli: it brought tears to our eyes.
I don’t know if I’ll post any nooze today or not. I guess I’ll try. But thank God we have hymns to fortify our souls.
‘Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus’
Well, I’m still tuckered out after my long rest at the rest home. No stamina. But I reckon I was lucky to get out of there in one piece.
Let’s have a hymn: Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus [in Welsh it’s Hyfrydol]–sung by St. Michael’s Singers at Coventry Cathedral.
‘Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus’ (‘Hyfrydol’)
I’ve always loved this Welsh hymn–Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus: also known by its native name, Hyfrydol. How we used to belt this one out in Sunday school! Sung here by the choir at Chet Valley Church. Background sets by God the Father.
‘Calon Lan’ (‘A Pure Heart’)
I don’t know why, but this hymn is with me this morning and won’t let go.
Calon Lan, Welsh for “a pure heart”–song by Bryn Terfel, soloist, and the Dunvant Male Choir, at Mynyddbach Cathedral, Wales (where else?)–has become sort of an anthem from the Welsh national soccer team.
‘Cwm Rhondda’ (Welsh Hymn)
Massed male choirs at the Royal Albert Hall, belting out a classic Welsh hymn–Cwm Rhondda stirs my soul.
This hymn goes by many names and titles, and is surely one of the most popular hymns in the world.
‘Calon Lan’ (Welsh Hymn)
I heard this hymn in a Midsomer Murders episode last night–a Welsh hymn, Calon Lan, praising the virtues of a pure heart. This is the Welsh Symphony Orchestra at work.
‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer’
This Welsh melody, Cwm Rhondda, provides the music for several hymns. Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer (shown here), Bread of Heaven, Guide Us O Thou Great Jehovah, just to name three.
Nothing like a Welsh hymn to gird your loins for the day.
‘Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus’ (‘Hyfrydol’)
How about another hymn? This is one I love to play on my harmonica. It’s Hyfrydol in Welsh, and Alleluiah, Sing to Jesus in English. Sung hear by the choir at Chet Valley Church.
I know I post it fairly often, but I find it greatly comforting. I hope you do, too.
‘I Will Sing the Wondrous Story’
This Welsh tune, “Hyfrydol,” has been adopted by any number of hymn texts. Here’s one I haven’t heard before, by St. Michael’s Singers–I Will Sing the Wondrous Story.
Background sets by God the Father.