“Let Joy Be Your Companion" Original Hymn (Joy, Laughter, Gifts)

“Let Joy Be Your Companion" Original Hymn (Joy, Laughter, Gifts)

$3.00

DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD

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.

License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.

“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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  • PDF sheet music with four-part harmony

  • PNG image of the lyrics and melody for use in bulletins

  • Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens

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

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