Sing you every nation sing
As a "bonus" "bonus" another from Charles Wesley's Christmas Hymn Book - Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord (first published in 1745).
For today we have hymn number 12 from the collection. "Sing you all you nations sing".
One thing to especially note in the original is the use of the word "condescending" which at the time the hymn was written was considered a positive word "a positive characteristic of a person of superior set of characteristics lowering themselves to speak kindly to an inferior" it was in the Victorian era that this became negative.
This one can be sung to the hymn tune Nottingham - "Take my life and let it be". If I have time I will record it to that tune for completeness but I am sure you can hum it while you read the words.
As it has nine verses the "worship song" version is a little repetitive, as indeed is the Nottingham one, but it being sung as a duet helps a lot in adding variation to the song. At least I think it does.
Credit goes to Mr Wesley for his magnificent hymn writing and Suno.com for the wonders of the music generation they have made possible.
I hesitate to claim copyright on these re-writes but under the terms of the Suno licence, the music is owned by me and possibly copyright me. However, copyright is a minefield at the best of times and more so in the A.I. world.
Chris
