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AcaDisc #85- Hear It In Our Voice: Volume 3 by The Acappella Company
Original Release: 1995 The Acappella Company
Not currently
available.
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Production Assistant: Gary
Miller, Darin Cochran, and Larry Sparks
Engineers: Gary Miller, John
Laws, Robert Orr, Kevin Schaffer, Todd Austin, Gary Miner, Brishan
Hatcher, Norman Zuercher, and Darin Cochran
Assistant Engineers: Robert
C. Guy, Josh Harrison, Aaron Herman, Duane Adams, Steve Reischl, Roy
Hawkins, Tim Storms, Scott Belin, David McKinney, Brian Randolph, George
Pendergrass, Wes McKenzie, Max Plaster, and Gary Moyers
Recording and
Mixing Studio: Clifty Studios- Paris, TN
Mastered by: Masterfonics-
Nashville, TN
Cover Design: Jackson Design
Vocals: See original
albums. All recordings are the same as their original albums.
Blessed Assurance
Brother Taylor
If There Were No God
Ain'ta That Good News
I Am Dwelling on a Mountain
In Jesus Name
Grandma's
Rocking Song
O Sacred Head
Go Tell John
Father
God Has Smiled On Me
Words: Fanny J. Crosby (1873)
Music: Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (1873)
Arrangement: Don Hart and George Pendergrass © 1994 Clifty Music
(BMI)/Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Hymns for All
the World by Acappella and This is My Story by The
Sounds of Glory.
Lead: George Pendergrass
Lyrics:
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
O, what a foretaste of glory
divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed
in His blood
Chorus:
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior, all
the day long
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior
all the day long
Perfect submission, perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on
my sight
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy,
whispers of love
Repeat Chorus
All the day long we're gonna praise him
Praise him, my savior
Me say blessed, you say assurance (blessed assurance)
Me say glory,
you say divine (glory, glory divine)
Me say start it, you tell me sing
it (start it, we're gonna sing it)
Me say praise him, you tell me how
long (praise him, all day long, all day long...)
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
O, what a foretaste of glory
divine
Heir if salvation, I've been purchased of God
Born of His
Spirit, washed in his blood
Repeat Chorus
Blessed (blessed) assurance (assurance) Jesus (Jesus) is mine (is
mine)
What a (what a) fortaste (fortaste) glory (glory) divine
(divine)
Heir of (heir of) heaven (heaven) purchased (purchased) of God
(of God)
Born of (born of) spirit (spirit), washed in (washed in) blood
(blood)
Praising my savior all the day long
All the day long
Scriptural Reference:
"Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water." Hebrews 10:22
Words and music: Keith Lancaster © 1982 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Made In His Image by His
Image and The
Vocal Union by The Vocal Union.
Lead: Kevin Schaffer
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Brother Taylor keep on preachin'
Cause you
know just what we need
When we turn from what we know is right
And
what is good indeed
Brother Taylor don't be easy
As your telling us
His Word
Tell the greatest news that man has ever heard
At the old country church house (old country church), he was
the preacher man
He preached the Word from the Bible, talkin' 'bout the
promised land
And the old time religion (preachin' the word) and just
how it will be
It seemed like he was preachin' to me
When he spoke
about righteousness and having pure minds
And controlling our appetite
all of the time
Didn't know if I could live it (knew it was right),
though I knew it was right
Love the Lord with all of my might
Repeat Chorus
Then I came to the crossroads (given a choice) and I was
given a choice
I could see Brother Taylor; I could still hear his
voice
"If you wanna follow Jesus (answer His call) and would answer His
call
You know you've got to give Him your all"
So I made a decision
(do what is right) that I would do what is right
I would give to the
Master all of my life
Yes for old Brother Taylor's (still on my mind)
an inspiration to me
Guides me to eternity
Repeat Chorus
Even though he's gone (he's gone), I have the strength to
carry on (carry on)
The word he left with me is I'm forgiven (don't you
know that I'm forgiven)
I hear him preaching now (hear now) as he is
sharing with us how (share with how)
That we can live together up in
Heaven
Repeat Chorus
Ever heard (still preach the Word)
Scriptural Reference:
"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction." 2 Timothy 4:2
Words and music: Keith Lancaster © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
Arrangement: Don Marsh © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Beyond a Doubt by Acappella and
The
Collection by Acappella.
Producer's Note from The
Collection: "This song may be the greatest understatement of all.
John 1 says 'Through Him all things were made: Without Him nothing
was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the
light of men.' God is. Period. The only thing more
astounding than the vastness of God's awesome power is His love for us!
I love diversity in an album and believe it is a strong point of our
releases. With that in mind, I asked Don Marsh to arrange this song.
The music flows beautifully and Steve Reischl shines brightly
throughout."
Lead: Steve Reischl
Lyrics:
If there were no God there would be no music
There would be no dream
to be dreaming of
What a dreadful thought of an empty future
If
there were no God there would be no love
If there were no God there would be no children
There would be no
joy to relieve our tears
Not a tender hand to provide us comfort
No
consoling heart to subdue our fears
Chorus:
But we know that God is with us
And we know His
majesty
Reigning now, the King eternal
Yes we know the victory
If there were no God there would be no sunshine
There would be no
rain to refresh the earth
There would be no jewels to display their
value
There would be no thought of enduring words
If there were no God there'd be no creation
There would be no light
there would be no breath
No surpassing joy nothing in existence
If
there were no God all would be death
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Yes we know, yes we know the victory
Yes we know the victory
Scriptural Reference:
"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17
Words and music: William Dawson
Arrangement: George Pendergrass ©
1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on Acappella
Spirituals 2 and Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company. A reprise of this song also appeared on this
album.
Lead: George Pendergrass, Katrina Willis, Brian Dickerson,
Mechell Williams, and Darilnda Guy
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Good news, good news (4x)
Good news, good news, good
news
Good news, good news
Ain'ta that good news (4x)
I got a crown up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that'a good news
I got
a crown up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that'a good news
I'm gonna lay
down this world
Gonna shoulder up my burdens
Gonna take it home to
my Jesus
Ain'ta that'a good news
Hey hey
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
I heard about Him one
day
He washed my sins away
Ain't you heard about Him?
The cross
is good news(?)
I've got a robe up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I've
got a robe up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I'm gonna lay
down this world
Shoulder up my burdens
Gonna take it home to my
Jesus
Ain'ta that good news
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Good news, good
news
Ain'ta that good news, oh
I said ain't that, oh ain't
that
Ain't that good news, good news
I got a home up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I got a
home up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I'm gonna lay down
this world
Gonna shoulder up my burdens
I'm gonna take it home to my
Jesus
Ain'ta that good news
Bridge:
So excited, my face can't hide it
My soul's delighted
cause I got the
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Real, real, real, real,
real, real good news
Oh yeah, so good, so good
(Have you) Have (heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the
(Have
you) Have (heard a-) you (-bout the) heard (Lord) the
(Have you) Have
(heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the news
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Oh, yeah
You've got to
let me tell you about Him
Jesus, I know what you need, He set the
captives free
He gives the blind their sight and He can give
relief
Let me tell you that's-a good news, hey
(Have you) Have (heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the
(Have
you) Have (heard a-) you (-bout the) heard (Lord) the
(Have you) Have
(heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the news
Scriptural Reference:
"After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God." Luke 1:8
"'The Spirit
of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to
the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the
year of the Lord's favor.'" Luke 4:18-19
Arrangement: Keith Lancaster © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This
song also appeared on Acappella Traditional by
The Acappella Company.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
I am dwelling on a mountain
Where the golden sunlight gleams
In a
land whose wondrous beauty
Far exceeds my fondest dreams
Is not this the land of Beulah
Blessed, blessed land of
light
Where the flowers bloom forever
And the sun is always
bright
I am drinking at the fountain
Where I ever would abide
For I've
tasted life's pure river
And my soul is satisfied
There's no thirsting for life's treasure
Nor adorning rich and
gay
For I've found a richer treasure
One that fadeth not away
For I've found a richer treasure
One that fadeth not away
Scriptural Reference:
"You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance-- the place, O LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established." Exodus 15:17
Words and Music: Gary Miller © 1994 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This
song also appeared on The Book of James by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: John K. Green
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Pray for the sick and anoint them with oil in Jesus'
name
The prayer of faith will make them well in Jesus' name
Confess your sins to each other
And pray for each other that you may
be healed
The earnest prayer of the righteous
Is very powerful and
full of results
Repeat Chorus
Is anyone (anyone) among you suffering (anyone)
Then let him
(anyone) keep on praying about it (anyone, pray about it)
Is anyone
(anyone) among you happy (anyone)
Then (anyone) let him keep on singing
about it (anyone), bout it
Repeat Chorus
(Raise us up) Let the Lord raise us up
(Sins forgive) Our sins He
will forgive
(Raise us up) Let the Lord raise us up
(Life to live)
Abundant life to live
Repeat Chorus (x3 with stepouts)
Pray for the sick and anoint them with oil in Jesus' name
Scriptural Reference:
"Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." James 5:13-20
Words and music: Gary Miller © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This
song also appeared on Christmas by Acappella
Children.
Lead: Nathan Miller
Lyrics:
Spoken Vocals:
(phone dials)
Nanna: Hello?
Mother: Say 'Hi
Nanna'...
Child: Hi Nanna
Nanna: Hi Baby
Mother: Say 'We're
coming to see you for Christmas'
Child: We're coming to see you for
Christmas
Nanna: Oh wonderful... we can do lots of things
I love to go to Grandma's at Christmas
There's no place I'd rather
be
Lots of hugs and kisses at Grandma's
And tons of presents under
the tree
Chorus 1:
Love is everywhere (love is everywhere)
Happy times to
share (happy times to share let's)
It's fun to be with Grandma at Christmas (let's go to Grandma's, let's
go to Grandma)
She knows exactly what we should do (let's go to
Grandma's, let's go to Grandma)
We laugh and talk and eat lots of
cookies (let's go to Grandma's, let's go to Grandma)
And Grandpa tells
a story or two (let's go to Grandma's, let's go to Grandma)
Chorus 2:
Love is in the air (love is everywhere)
Family times to
share (happy times to share)
Bridge:
The thing that I like the best
Is spending time with the
people who love me most
They're very precious and closer than all the
rest
They're my family
(let's go to Grandma's, let's go to Grandma)
(let's go to Grandma's,
let's go to Grandma)
(let's go to Grandma's, let's go to
Grandma)
(let's go to Grandma's, let's go to Grandma)
Repeat Chorus 2
Repeat Bridge
Repeat Verse (with echoes and stepouts) (x2)
I love to go to Grandma's
Spoken Vocals:
C'mon you guys lets go to Grandma's
Hey let's sing
"Jingle Bells"
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the
fields we go
Laughing all the way (ha ha ha)
Spoken Vocals:
Grandma: I wonder where those babies are, I have
everything ready
Grandpa: Sure smells good
Grandma: I think I hear
them
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is
to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Scriptural Reference:
"The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God–he and his whole family." Acts 16:34
Words and music: Gary Moyers © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This song
also appeared on Acappella Lullabies by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: Lydia Gott
Editor's Note: Lydia Gott was
pregnant when she sang this lead.
Lyrics:
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song
Gonna hold this child, gonna hold her tight
Gonna hold my baby till
the morning light
Though I may be tired and I may be weak
I will
love this child so small and meek
Gonna hold this child, gonna hold her
tight
Gonna hold my baby till the morning light
Gonna let her know
that nothing's wrong
Gonna hold my baby and sing this rocking song
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song
Sing
this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song (this child)
Gonna hold this child, gonna hold her near
Gonna hold my baby, wipe
away her tears
I will keep on rocking till she feels all right
Gonna
sing her songs about Jesus Christ (Jesus)
Gonna hold this child, gonna
hold her near
Gonna hold my baby, wipe away her tears
I will cradle
my child until the pain is gone
Gonna hold my baby and sing this
rocking song
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song (sing this
rocking song)
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking
song
Gonna hold this child, gonna hold her near
Gonna hold my baby
through the tender years
As she starts to learn, as she starts to
grow
I will show her things she needs to know
Gonna hold this child,
gonna hold her near
Gonna hold my baby through the tender years
As
she moves away and the days grow long
I will pray for my baby and sing
this rocking song
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song (and sing
this rocking song)
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this
rocking song
Gonna hold this child though she's far away
Gonna hold my baby like
it's yesterday
Though I may not see and I may not know
Gonna keep on
praying rocking to and fro (to and fro)
Gonna hold this child though
she's far away
Gonna hold my baby like it's yesterday
Gonna let her
know my love's lifelong
While she hold her baby and sings her rocking
song
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song (and sing
this rocking song)
Sing this rocking, sing this rocking, sing this
rocking song (sings her rocking song)
Sing this rocking, sing this
rocking, sing this rocking song (sings her rocking song)
Sing this
rocking, sing this rocking, sing this rocking song
Scriptural Reference:
"Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children" Titus 2:4
Words: Bernard of Clairvaux (1153)
Music: Hans L. Hassler (1601) and
Johann Sebastian Bach (1729)
Translation: James W. Alexander
(1830)
Arrangement: Kevin Schaffer © 1994 Clifty Music (BMI)
This
song also appeared on Acappella Classycal by The
Acappella Company, Favorite Hymns of The
Firemen by The Firemen, Never Grow Old by
Revival, and This Little Light by The
Sounds of Glory.
Lead: Brian Randolph
Lyrics:
O sacred head now wounded with grief and shame weighed down
Now
scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown
How art Thou pale
with anguish with sore abuse and scorn
How does that visage languish
which once was bright as morn
What language shall I borrow to thank Thee dearest friend
For this
Thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end
O make me Thine forever and
should I fainting be
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee
(to Thee)
Amen Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
“They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said.” Matthew 27:28-29
Words and Music: Greg Sublett © 1991 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This
song also appeared on Prime Time by Keith
Lancaster, Longplay by Keith Lancaster, and
The Way
by New Covenant.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Additional Vocals: Jon
Jouvenaux, Julie Jouvenaux, Todd Thompson, June Thompson, John Laws, and
Gary Miller
Lyrics:
"Blessed is the man who doesn't fall away
Because of Me"
As he sat there in that prison cell, he knew just how it came
about
And he knew his life was over and he was never comin' out
But
there was just one thing he had to know, he had to make a final plea
So
he sent his friends to ask the Lord if he was who He claimed to be
Chorus 1:
"Go tell John
That the lame have learned to
walk
That the poor can hear the word of God and the deaf can hear me
talk
Go tell John
That the blind can finally see, oh and
Blessed
is the man who doesn't fall away because of me"
He was born so he could tell the world that the Kingdom was at
hand
And that the Christ would soon come after Him to complete the
Father's plan
And there was nothing else he wanted more than to see
this Kingdom grow
It was the only thing that mattered, it was all he
had to know
Chorus 2:
"So go tell John (Go tell John)
That the lame have
learned to walk (Deaf can hear me talk)
That the poor can hear the word
of God and the deaf can hear me talk
Go tell John (Go tell John) (Go
tell John)
That the blind can finally see, oh and
Blessed is the man
who doesn't fall away (blessed is the man who doesn't fall) because of me"
Well he gave his life to testify that Jesus was the Son (Jesus was the
Son)
He only wanted now to know that it was a good thing he had done
(good thing he had done)
Soon he would be murdered by a wicked, evil
man
And I'm sure the words of Jesus helped him understand
Repeat Chorus 2
Oh and blessed is the man who doesn't fall away (blessed is the man who doesn't fall) because of me
Bridge:
"Go tell John (go tell John)
That the dead are raised
again (dead are raised again)
Go tell John, tell John (go tell
John)
That the lepers now are cleansed (the lepers now are
cleansed)
Go tell John (go tell John)
That the path he chose was
right (path he chose was right)
Go tell John (go tell John)
Go and
tell him that I truly am the light"
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Bridge
Scriptural Reference:
"When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask Him, 'Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?' Jesus replied, 'Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.'" Matthew 11:2-6
Words and music: Keith Lancaster © 1989 Anthony K. Music
(ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Song in My Soul by AVB, The Road by
AVB, and in Spanish as "Padre" on Caminando en la Luz
by AVB.
Lead: Steve Reischl
Note that the verses are written in third person and the chorus is written in first person in part because, while the verses deal with a specific girl, we all need the Father that always cares.
Lyrics:
A little girl, she seems grown-up, who's only four
She's so confused
without a father anymore
And if you listen as she's on her knees to
pray
Each night so preciously her broken heart will say...
Chorus:
Where is my father? (Where is my father?) Has he gone away?
(Has he gone away?)
Why can't he always be here to stay? (Why can't he
always be here to stay?)
Where is my father? (Where is my father?) Does
he still care? (Does he still care?)
I need a father who's always there
(I need a father there)
He left their family and he headed for the coast
He left a time when
they needed him the most
The emptiness is even worse than if he'd
died
Caught in confusion you can still hear this young girl cry
Repeat Chorus
He's never coming back, she wished that he would
It hurt's cause he
doesn't care (he doesn't care)
But she has another, a Father who's
good
A Father who will always be there
You are my Father (You are my Father); never go away (never ever go
away)
I know you'll always (I know you'll always) be here to stay (be
here to stay)
You are my Father (You are my Father); I know you care
(and I know you care)
I need a Father (I need a Father) who's always
there (who's always there)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I said You will be there
Scriptural Reference:
"He is the father of us all." Romans 4:16
Arrangement: John Laws © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song
also appeared on In God We Trust by The
Acappella Company and Glorious
God by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Lydia Gott and John K.
Green
Lyrics:
Chorus:
God has smiled on me
He has set me free
God has smiled
on me
He's been good to me
Repeat Chorus
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I
once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the
sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first
begun
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them." Job 29:24
Special thanks for additions and/or corrections to: Newton Kern
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