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:

Come live with us. Come live with us
Accept ev'rybody and live thus
Come live with us. Come live with us

For we live in a Love Thy Neighbor world
We live in a Love Thy Neighbor world
We live in a Love Thy Neighbor world
Come live with us.

 

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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.

Listen to this arrangement with the SOPRANO VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the ALTO VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the TENOR VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the BASS VOICE predominant.

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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(Page last updated: January 16, 2016 )