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:

Ev'ryone must make a living
Ev'ryone must make ends meet.
Teacher, preacher, entertainer
Ev'ryone needs food to eat

Praise to the worker, praise to the job
Praise to the farmer and the corn on the cob

Ev'ryone must make a living
Ev'ryone deserves a job

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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.

This secular hymn was chosen for the St. Louis Peace Choir's 2015 Songbook.

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

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The St. Louis Peace Choir is a secular choir of St. Louis pacifists and peace activists. Come sing with us! We meet every Sunday evening at 7:00 for a candlelight Peace Vigil. The Peace Vigils take place on the steps of College Church (St. Louis University) at the corner of Grand and Lindell. These pleasant little weekly happenings are short (only a half hour) and largely silent, but we begin and end them with a song. Weather never stops us. Snowing? Wear boots. Raining? Bring an umbrella. Candles (battery) and laminated music sheets will be provided.

(Page last updated: January 16, 2016)