“Let Joy Be Your Companion" Original Hymn (Joy, Laughter, Gifts)
“Let Joy Be Your Companion" Original Hymn (Joy, Laughter, Gifts)
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This hymn, originally written for the Wandering Heart bundle for Lent 2024, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.
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“Let Joy Be Your Companion”
Tune: GO TELL IT (“Go Tell It on the Mountain”)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: African-American Spiritual
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Lyrics:
Let Joy Be Your Companion
Tune: GO TELL IT (“Go Tell It on the Mountain”)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: African-American Spiritual
Refrain: Let joy be your companion
Let laughter ring out everywhere
Let joy be your companion
For joy’s a gift from God
With eulogies and scriptures
The mourners say goodbye
A story sparks the laughter
That interrupts their cries
Refrain
As protestors assemble
Their grievances to bring
Yes, even in their anger They find a song to sing
Refrain
In anxious nights spent fretting
When changes feel immense
The dawn is yet approaching
The sun will rise again
Refrain
When deep fatigue has settled
Into your very bones
Let strength come from the memories
Of all the joy you’ve known
Refrain
credit info:
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
