Glory to God on High - Arranged by Betsy Lee Bailey
Text: James Allen, 1734-1804, alt. Music: Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796
Glory to God on high!
Let heav'n and earth reply.
Praise ye his name.
His love and grace adore,
Who all our sorrows bore.
Sing aloud evermore,:
Worthy the Lamb!
Jesus our Lord and God,
Bore sin's tremendous load.
Praise ye his name!
Tell what his arm hath done,
What spoils from death he won.
Sing his great name alone:
Worthy the Lamb!
Let all the hosts above
Join in one song of love.
Praising his name!
To Him ascribed be
Honor and majesty
Through all eternity:
Worthy the Lamb!
Worthy the Lamb!
About the Song - While living in Maryland I sang with the local Choral Society. I often swapped ideas about arrangements with the director. He encouraged me to experiment with all sorts of musical styles. "Glory to God on High" is a very Baroque stylization of a grand hymn of that age. It should be sung with strength in a straightforward tempo, and without much rubato.
Let heav'n and earth reply.
Praise ye his name.
His love and grace adore,
Who all our sorrows bore.
Sing aloud evermore,:
Worthy the Lamb!
Jesus our Lord and God,
Bore sin's tremendous load.
Praise ye his name!
Tell what his arm hath done,
What spoils from death he won.
Sing his great name alone:
Worthy the Lamb!
Let all the hosts above
Join in one song of love.
Praising his name!
To Him ascribed be
Honor and majesty
Through all eternity:
Worthy the Lamb!
Worthy the Lamb!
About the Song - While living in Maryland I sang with the local Choral Society. I often swapped ideas about arrangements with the director. He encouraged me to experiment with all sorts of musical styles. "Glory to God on High" is a very Baroque stylization of a grand hymn of that age. It should be sung with strength in a straightforward tempo, and without much rubato.