On Beeb now. Didn't think I'd like it but it's great. Eddie Reader on now.

"I vow to thee my country" will be right up there tune from Holsts Planet Suite....

Its amazing how many hymn tunes are used in Football songs as well....

Im another who is, against my usual inclinations, enjoying the programme. Some stirring hymns.

Psalm 21 (Crimond)

Exactly. Also, whenever I hear the words "bread of heaven, feed me til I want no more" it reminds me vividly of lowly Newport County coming to The Turf in the mid-sixties for a cup tie. As they belted it out one of the impassioned Taffs ran out onto the field, planted a leek on the centre spot then fell to his knees and "salamied" to it til a scuffer walked part way out and told him to bugger-off. As with many things, you never forget the moment! That song is, as you say, "rousing".

Just gargled it - 25 Jan 1964

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Songs of praise, Rowan Atkinson style.

jdrobbo wrote:Psalm 21 (Crimond)

Psalm 23 mate "The Lord is my Shepherd" is best known to Crimond music

Funkydrummer wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI

Songs of praise, Rowan Atkinson style.

Brilliant, my old buddy!

" Jerusalem " , " How great thou Art " and " Guide me, O thou great Redeemer " would be my hymns of choice ...

Bosscat wrote:Psalm 23 mate "The Lord is my Shepherd" is best known to Crimond music

Cheers Bosscat

A man who walks on glass...
Follows in
The footsteps of Willis.

...And if he
Plays his cards
Alright
He'll star
In Die Hard 7.

It's based on the hymn 'Teach me my God and King' but for a more modern audience...

Clarets4me wrote:" Jerusalem " , " How great thou Art " and " Guide me, O thou great Redeemer " would be my hymns of choice ...

Good choices, but I'm afraid Jerusalem isn't a hymn, -well not in a Christian sense anyway
(Neither Blake nor Parry intended it to be).
It seems a perfectly reasonable thing to sing in church however, so long as you understand that it's neither jingoistic nor nationalistic.

nil_desperandum wrote:Good choices, but I'm afraid Jerusalem isn't a hymn, -well not in a Christian sense anyway
(Neither Blake nor Parry intended it to be).
It seems a perfectly reasonable thing to sing in church however, so long as you understand that it's neither jingoistic nor nationalistic.

Agree

My Soul is Sad - personal favourite

who put the colours in the rainbow?

creationist nonsense.

O Lord, please don't burn us,
Don't grill us or toast your flock,
Don't put us on a barbecue,
Or simmer us in stock,
Don't braise or bake or boil us,
Or stir-fry us in a wok.
Oh please don't lightly poach us,
Or baste us with hot fat,
Don't fricassee or roast us,
Or boil us in a vat,
And please don't stick thy servants, Lord,
In a Rotissomat.

The Lord is my shepherd I'd have in non-league. Its a complete dirge. Too many verses and invariably played too slow.
If I'm organising a funeral for someone (part of my job occasionally) I usually just let some friends pick as long as that one can be vetoed.

My favourite is St Patrick's breastplate. Advent Hymns are the best, but in the popularist 2010s they get jettisoned for carols after about Dec 2.

I prefer Scotland the Brave and Flower of Scotland, personally.

IanMcL wrote:I prefer Scotland the Brave and Flower of Scotland, personally.

Why?

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

basil6345789 wrote:Just gargled it - 25 Jan 1964

You get the result, attendance and goalscorers here

http://www.uptheclarets.com/fixtures-re ... 64-results" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Did Bind Us Together or Colours Of Day make it into the top 10?

There is a green Hill far away....Behind the city Walls.without a city wall :edit.

Bosscat wrote:Why?

No mention of God, Angel's, Jesus etc

IanMcL wrote:No mention of God, Angel's, Jesus etc

There was me thinking the very Scottish name of Ian McL... might have summat to with it

They are my hymns!