Love Came Down at Christmas

 Love Came Down at Christmas is a choral folk anthem written by Roger Copeland. Drawing on familiar faith stories from the Old Testament in the Bible, this text by J. Pa ul Williams lists only a few of the many before us who have walked by faith an d encourages us to do the same. Joel Raney s original melody, set in minor mod e with steadfast rhythm and progressive modulations between each of the verses , escalates the excitement up to the very end. 

To download the easy alphanotes and chords sheet music, look here. Enjoy! 

Lyrics 

1.Love came down at Christmas,  

Love, all love divine;

Love came down at Christmas, 

And I know, I know that love is mine.

2.Love was in a manger, 

In a cattle stall,

Ans while angels hovered,

Love was born to be the King of all.

Bridge:

The shepherds heard the choirs of angels,

The wise men saw a distant light; 

They found the wonder they were searching for,

And worshipped Him that holy night.

3.Love came down at Christmas,

Love, all love divine;

Love came down at Christmas, 

And I know, I know that love is mine.

Our God

 "Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Jonas Myrin, and Matt Redman. The track was originally included on Passion: Awakening, a live record from Passion 10, the 2010 gathering of the Passion Conferences. It was released as a single and spent 10 weeks as No. 1 on Billboard Christian charts. The song is also the opening track on Tomlin's album And If Our God Is For Us... (2010) by CCM. In 2011, Chris Tomlin recorded a remake with the famous Christian rapper, Lecrae.

One of Tomlin's co-writers Matt Redman recorded a version of the song on his 2012 compilation album, Sing Like Never Before: The Essential Collection. 

At the 2011 Dove Awards, Tomlin was nominated for Song of the Year, and won Worship Song of the Year for "Our God". Tomlin also performed the song at the awards ceremony.

That same year, And If Our God Is For Us... containing the song as its major hit was nominated in the category of Top Christian Album, the song won the title of Top Christian Song, and Tomlin won Top Christian Artist at the Billboard Music Awards.

"Our God" is the No. 5 song on CCLI's Top 25 Songs. 

To download the easy alphanotes with chords sheet music, look here. Enjoy! 

Lyrics 

Water You turned into wine
Opened the eyes of the blind
There's no one like you
None like you
Into the darkness You shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There's No one like you
None like you

Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
Our God, Our God

Into the darkness you shining
Out of the ashes we Rise
No one like you
None like you

Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
Our God, Our God
Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
Our God, Our God

And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us?
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us?
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
Then what can stand against?

Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
Our God, Our God
Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome in power
Our God, Our God

And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us?
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
And if Our God is for us, then who can ever stop us?
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
Then what can stand against?
Then what can stand against? 

Zum Gali Gali (Hebrew: זום גלי גלי‎) is an Israeli folk song associated with the Kibbutz, Israel's collective agricultural communities. The song is sometimes referred to by the title Israeli Work Song and is known for its rhythmic style. The song begins with the repeated refrain ("zum gali gali") before proceeding to the verses.^[1] The repeated refrain itself is a nonsensical verse,^[2] and has no direct translation into English.

The exact origins and authorship of Zum Gali Gali is unknown. While the song is associated with the Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek it is possible that it was composed elsewhere. It may have first been performed as part of a play. The first publication of the song was in 1939 by the Hebrew Publishing Company (NY, USA), indicating it was popular among American Jews at the time. Subsequent publications, such as a 1948 recording by Meir Lokitz, recorded as part of The Stonehill Collection: Recording of Holocaust survivors and Jewish immigrants to the United States, contains alternate verses with the standard refrain. The song was first performed in a non-Jewish context by the German instrumentalist Bert Kaempfert.

You can download the alpha note version with the LH chords here. Below are the lyrics. 

Zum Gali Gali

Children's Song

Zum gali gali gali,
Zum gali gali.
Zum gali gali gali,
Zum gali gali. 

Pioneers all work as one,
Work as one all pioneers.
Peace shall be for all the world,
All the world shall be for peace.

Pioneers all work as one,
Work as one all pioneers.
Peace shall be for all the world,
All the world shall be for peace.

Zum gali gali gali,
Zum gali gali.
Zum gali gali gali,
Zum gali gali.

Dona Nobis Pacem

I am sorry that I have not been able to post much for this month as I have been sick on and off. And to make matters worse, I had a very bad fall on Friday the 24th March in Langkawi airport, Malaysia at 8.40am. Good thing I have no broken bones or fractures but because I fell right on my face my 4 front teeth were badly affected. So now I am trying to rest and recover and I'll need some further medical treatments for my teeth. Please pray that I'll be able to keep all my teeth. Anyway I think that's enough about me. I'll try to post as and when I feel up to it. Thanks for all your views all this time. I had wondered if anyone would be interested in finding music written in a simple and helpful way to help non-pianist and beginner pianist or whoever might be interested to play the piano or keyboard purely for enjoyment. Bye for now.

Today's classical piece can be downloaded here. This piece is usually sung in a "round" or canon. The composer for this piece remains anonymous but if you do know of a possible composer of this piece please let me know and I will gladly give the composer credit for this beautiful and well known piece. The title "Dona Nobis Pacem" means "Grant Us Peace" in Latin. For more information look here and here. Enjoy!

Pavane by Faure

Today's classical piece is by Faure and can be downloaded here. For more information look here, here and here. Enjoy!