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:

We are searching for the answer
Searching each and ev'ry spot
We are searching for the answer
To a question we forgot

For the joy is in the searching
Far and wide, and up and down
For the joy is in the searching
For whatever might be found

We are searching for the answer
Searching here and searching there
We are searching for the answer
To a question we don't care

For the joy is in the searching
Far and wide, and up and down
For the joy is in the searching
For whatever might be found

 

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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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