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Lord of the Dance

Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Topics: Dance First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars, and the sun, and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth-- at Bethlehem I had my birth. Refrain: Dance, then, wherever you may be: I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he. 2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, but they would not dance and they would not follow me. I danced for the fishermen, for James and John -- they came with me and the Dance went on. [Refrain] 3 I danced on the Sabbath when I cured the lame, the holy people said it was a shame. They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high, and they left me there on a Cross to die. [Refrain] 4 I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black -- it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back. They buried my body and they thought I’d gone -- but I am the Dance and I still go on. [Refrain] 5 They cut me down and I leapt up high -- I am the life that’ll never, never die. I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:14 Used With Tune: LORD OF THE DANCE

Let all creation dance

Author: Brian Arthur Wren, 1936- Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Hymns Specially Suitable for Liturgical Dance Lyrics: 1 Let all creation dance in energies sublime, as order turns with chance, unfolding space and time, for nature's art in glory grows, and newly shows God's mind and heart. 2 God's breath each force unfurls, igniting from a spark expanding starry swirls, with whirlpools dense and dark. Though moon and sun seem mindless things, each orbit sings: 'Your will be done.' 3 Our own amazing earth, with sunlight, cloud and storms, and life's abundant growth in lovely shapes and forms, is made for praise, a fragile whole, and from its soul heaven's music plays. 4 Lift heart and soul and voice: in Christ all praises meet and nature shall rejoice as all is made complete. In hope be strong, all life befriend and kindly tend creation's song. Scripture: Colossians 1:15-18 Used With Tune: DARWALL

Join in the Dance

Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Dance; Dance; Dance First Line: Wake, O people; sleep no longer Refrain First Line: Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation! Used With Tune: [Wake, O people; sleep no longer]

Teach me to dance to the beat of your heart

Author: Graham Kendrick (b. 1950); Steve Thompson Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Dance First Line: You wrote the rhythm of life Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: [You wrote the rhythm of life]

Joy to the world! The Lord is come

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,854 hymnals Topics: Hymns Specially Suitable for Liturgical Dance Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! The Lord is come; let earth receive its king; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns; let us our songs employ; while fields and streams, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. 3 He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love. Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

I Cannot Dance, O Love

Author: Jean Wiebe Janzen Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Dance Used With Tune: EVTON Text Sources: based on the writing of Mechtild of Magdeburg

Oh, sing to our God

Author: Gerhard Cartford Meter: 5.6.5.6.5.6.5.5 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Dance Used With Tune: CANTAD AL SEÑOR Text Sources: Brazilian folk song

For the music of creation

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Dance Lyrics: 1 For the music of creation, for the song your Spirit sings, for your sound's divine expression, burst of joy in living things: God, our God, the world's composer, hear us, echoes of your voice — music is your art, your glory, let the human heart rejoice! 2 Psalms and symphonies exalt you, drum and trumpet, string and reed, simple melodies acclaim you, tunes that rise from deepest need, hymns of longing and belonging, carols from a cheerful throat, lilt of lullaby and love-song catching heaven in a note. 3 All the voices of the ages in transcendent chorus meet, worship lifting up the senses, hands that praise and dancing feet; over discord and division music speaks your joy and peace, harmony of earth and heaven, song of God that cannot cease! Scripture: 1 Chronicles 15:16-28 Used With Tune: GOWANBANK

When in Our Music God Is Glorified

Author: Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903 Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Arts/Music/Dance Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, And adoration leaves no room for pride, It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found A new dimension in the world of sound, As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the Church in liturgy and song, In faith and love, through centuries of wrong, Borne witness to the truth in ev'ry tongue, Alleluia! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night When utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight, Alleluia! 5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia! Scripture: Mark 14:26 Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

How Firm a Foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,121 hymnals Topics: Dance First Line: How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: "K" in Rippon's A Selection of Hymns", 1787, alt.