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#618: Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer
Dec. 26th, 2018 10:15 amDoes the writer have a silly name?
Not silly as in hard to spell, but "William Williams" makes me giggle.
Is that just a Welsh thing?
I...guess? Maybe? It's a popular hymn in Wales.
How has this influenced UK culture?
The first verse ends in the familiar melody "Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore (evermore*), feed me now and evermore." This has been famously riffed on for opposing teams' football (soccer) chants; when one team's fans go quiet after things aren't going their way, the refrain is "you're not singing anymore, you're not singing anymore."
There are many variants, ie, if the home team has been drowned out by the visitors there's "you're supposed to be at home." And then from that, if the referee is on the short side, "you're supposed to be a gnome." :D
*the harmony "evermore" part is printed in small text as an optional alto-bass thing :)
Not silly as in hard to spell, but "William Williams" makes me giggle.
Is that just a Welsh thing?
I...guess? Maybe? It's a popular hymn in Wales.
How has this influenced UK culture?
The first verse ends in the familiar melody "Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore (evermore*), feed me now and evermore." This has been famously riffed on for opposing teams' football (soccer) chants; when one team's fans go quiet after things aren't going their way, the refrain is "you're not singing anymore, you're not singing anymore."
There are many variants, ie, if the home team has been drowned out by the visitors there's "you're supposed to be at home." And then from that, if the referee is on the short side, "you're supposed to be a gnome." :D
*the harmony "evermore" part is printed in small text as an optional alto-bass thing :)
