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:

If you could see me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could see me now, Parents Gone
Would you know whom you see?
Would you be proud of me?
If you could see me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could see me now, Parents Gone

If you could hear me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could hear me now, Parents Gone
Would you reject my song?
Or would you sing along?
If you could hear me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could hear me now, Parents Gone

If you could hold me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could hold me now, Parents Gone
My love would overflow
I never would let go
If you could hold me now, Parents Gone, Parents Gone
If you could hold me now, Parents Gone

 

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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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