Denver, yes, I did listen to this, but it isn't the full choir or the bright tempo we were looking for, alas. It seems that our friends across the pond like to sing it to the tune, Bentley. I had lots of choral options for that. Sometimes hymn tunes go in and out of popularity, I guess.
Chad, you did find the tune. I should have thought -- but oy! what a day we were having yesterday! -- to look for the tune with another hymn lyric set to it. And in fact, I associate this tune with "Hail to the Lord's Anointed." Thank you. But even when I searched under "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" I could only find it sung to another tune, "Cruger." Ah well.
here you go
https://youtu.be/pGH46a61-gM
Denver, yes, I did listen to this, but it isn't the full choir or the bright tempo we were looking for, alas. It seems that our friends across the pond like to sing it to the tune, Bentley. I had lots of choral options for that. Sometimes hymn tunes go in and out of popularity, I guess.
I'm not much for reading music, but is this the melody you are looking for?
https://hymnary.org/media/fetch/181391
I found this here: https://hymnary.org/tune/light_christian_lyre?extended=true
Chad, you did find the tune. I should have thought -- but oy! what a day we were having yesterday! -- to look for the tune with another hymn lyric set to it. And in fact, I associate this tune with "Hail to the Lord's Anointed." Thank you. But even when I searched under "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" I could only find it sung to another tune, "Cruger." Ah well.