#863: My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
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lutheranhymnsThis is one of those that could be updated to sound more 21st-century-y without losing much of anything in the way of rhyme or meter, but here we are. Frederick Faber also wrote "Faith of Our Fathers," so credit to this one for contrasting God with both earthly fathers and mothers--although "mother" is linked with "so mild," which is kind of cliche.
Sometimes when we sang songs with a lot of verses (this is more a back-in-the-day thing), there would be something like "verses 1 and 5 all, verse 2 choir, verse 3 women, verse 4 men." An interesting blog series would be comparing/contrasting the lyrics of "women verses" versus "men verses" to see if there are any stereotypes/patterns. But this practice may already have gone out of style.
Sometimes when we sang songs with a lot of verses (this is more a back-in-the-day thing), there would be something like "verses 1 and 5 all, verse 2 choir, verse 3 women, verse 4 men." An interesting blog series would be comparing/contrasting the lyrics of "women verses" versus "men verses" to see if there are any stereotypes/patterns. But this practice may already have gone out of style.
