Learning the 144 Secular Hymns

♪♪♪ SING ALONG ♪♪♪ as a piano plays the chords and melody (from the SOLO Edition of the Secular Hymnal). Singing along to a simple, chorded melody like this is an ideal way to develop your harmonizing skills!

Lyrics:

A peaceful walk upon our earth
Away from fear and wrath
We walk again, again, again
Until we have a path

Let us walk, walk the walk as we talk, talk the talk
As we step, step by step find a way
When the fearful say that we need more guns today
We will know that there is a better way
When the fearful say that we need more guns today
We will know that there is a better way

A peaceful walk upon our path
With others we have told
We walk again, again, again
Until we have a road.

Let us walk, walk the walk as we talk, talk the talk
As we step, step by step find a way
When the fearful say that we need more guns today
We will know that there is a better way
When the fearful say that we need more guns today
We will know that there is a better way

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Here's the same hymn in 4-part harmony (from the SATB Edition of the Secular Hymnal). If you and your choir prefer to print out your own score of this hymn, click here to access a beautiful PDF file.

To research the history of this hymn tune: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SH2014

Out of respect for our diverse society, please work to keep our public school and community choirs "secular" (comfortable and welcoming to both religious and nonreligious singers). For more information, please visit the secular choirs webpage.

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