Christening, Baptism & Name Ceremony Songs
Religious/Sacred (20th C. Music) |
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| Sing to the Child |
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| A beautiful song written by Christoph Andreas Lindenberg in 1955. ‘Sing to the Angel above, sing to the
Lord who gave the name. He leads you on. He makes you utter the word, makes you behold the light of the world.’ |
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| Little One, Lovely One |
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| From ’A Book of Songs’ by Walter Braithwaite. The tune was brought to W.B. as homework by his pupil
Julia Blades. He arranged it for use in a Christmas play |
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Deep Peace
(Old Gaelic Blessing verse 1) |
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| This is an arrangement by the well-known composer Andrew Carter, who
added verses 2 and 3 which he wrote himself. The words of the Blessing became famous in 2003 when a recording of
Aled Jones (different version) was released. |
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The Lamb
(Words by William Blake) |
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| Elizabeth Poston has written the music to this famous poem. “Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?” etc. |
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| The Spring by the Wayside |
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| This beautiful song is written by Walter Braithwaite. “Glad is the Earth when the raindrops fall down from the light
to the darkness below; So springeth love in the heart's deepest places, for the wisdom of God bringeth life to all that we know“. |
