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Sound the choir of million voices;
Sing His Praise, Sing His Praise
Sing along with the joyful music
God is Love, God is Love
Let the Heavens sound with the words of praise
God is Great!
All the choirs above sing the words of love
God is great!
He saw her at the Grand Pavilion,
at the county fair last fall.
She was a classic western cowgirl
A beauty long and tall.
He saw her glide across the dance floor.
She held his heart within her smile
He was just a common cowboy
That first step, it seemed a mile.
Chorus:
He asked for the
"Caprock"
After all, it's just
one dance.
He held her waist;
she held his heart
He never had a
chance!
They danced to
"Caprock Waltz"
And the music drew
them near.
And the magic of
“ol’ caprock”
Made the night seem more the dear.
(Instrumental)
Some days life can be so hard, Lord
Sometimes doubts begin to rise
Send your spirit to my soul, Lord
Give me strength to live for you.
Chorus:
Tho' my eyes can not
behold you,
My heart knows you
are there.
Forgive my lack of
faith Lord
Let your praise
become my heart song.
We work hard to provide for our loved ones.
And sometimes this old world just don't seem fair!
"Providing" often takes us away
That's nearly more than we can bear!
Chorus
Leaving you once
again
I'll be back, I
don't know when.
Take this kiss as a
token and sign.
Leaving you once
again...
Oh, how it hurts to
leave you one more time.
(Instrumental)
My Shepherd is walking with me.
My Shepherd is walking with me.
mid the green pastures,
Beside the still waters,
O, He's restoring my soul.
Chorus
We know, we are His sheep,
And He does love us so.
O, He has offered us life.
Shall we sing another carol?
Shall we raise another hymn?
To the babe within a manger
who has come to save us all.
Yes, we'll sing another carol,
Raise another hymn.
And with all our voices praise him,
The one who saved us all.
Oh there's a skunk on my porch to night.
Oh what can I do about it?
Oh there's a skunk on my porch to night.
Please don't let the puppy dog out!
Chorus
Dogs and skunks never should meet.
If they do, you still smell it yet.
Oh there's a skunk on my porch tonight.
Bar the door and keep the dog in!
All the news you've heard today
Makes you fearful, makes you cry,
Be still and know the Lord.
Think of the price He has paid for you and me
We are so precious to God!
Let him soothe your weary soul.
Sing His Praises joyfully
Slow down and sing His
praise.
In that church in the wildwood,
I fall on my knees
Wrapped up in that sweet hour of prayer.
Leaning on the ever lasting arms I pray,
Take me to the land of the unclouded day.
Chorus:
I've got a
passion for singing that old gospel
music
I'll sing it till the
day that I die.
I'll join that angel
band over in the glory land,
Singing where the
soul never dies.
Don't let anyone take your dreams.
Don't let someone else put you down.
Life's a road that we all walk on.
Walk on brother walk on.
Chorus:
Keep on trying and keep on smiling
and keep on walking that road.
Build that dream with a song in your heart.
Walk, on brother, walk on.
Ride with me upon a moonlit mesa.
Count with me the stars that hang above.
Tell me dear if you will love me."
Says the cowboy to his girl.
Chorus
When cowboys court their sweethearts,
under starry skies,
The night wind sings to them a love song
Whistling down the quiet
canyons.
All these songs were composed by Linda Marquez, except for “Leaving You Once Again” and “Caprock Waltz” which were composed by Justin Marquez.
The printed book with all these songs, including a “demo
CD”, will be available by
The book has a melody lead line in traditional music notation
(i.e. “sheet music”), along with chord names for guitar (or other backup chord
instrument) as well as a lead line of mountain dulcimer tablature and MD
chords. The songs with words (11 of
them) have their lyrics printed between the notation lead line and the MD
tablature. The cover includes a
beautiful
Our book is published by Afghan Press (operated by Melody’s
Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe in
Here is a link to their site about the book:
http://www.folkharp.com/product_info.php/products_id/490
If you’d like to order one online, here is a link to Melody’s Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe :
http://www.folkharp.com/catalog/
Safe Journeys and Sweet Music,
Justin and Linda Marquez