This Is My Song, O God of All the Nations

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This is my song, O God of all the nations

Author: Lloyd Stone (1934)
Tune: FINLANDIA
Published in 29 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Choral
	This Is My Song

Instrumental
	This Is My Song - Guitar part

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Author: Lloyd Stone

Lloyd Stone (1912 – 1993) was born in California and attended the University of Southern California as a music major, with the intent of becoming a teacher. Instead, he joined a circus bound for Hawaii and remained there for the rest of his life, writing poems and songs. This is his best known work; stanzas 1 and 2 were written in 1934 when Lloyd was 22 years old. Often combined with several additional verses by Georgia Harkness, the poem is typically sung to the tune Finlandia, composed by Jean Sibelius. Lloyd also wrote a musical based on Joyce Kilmer’s poem, "Trees," and several books of Hawaii-themed poems. Said one reviewer, "[Stone] does not sing of the palms and the surf, but of the earthy human beauty which is the heritage of th… Go to person page >

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America the Beautiful

First Line:	This is my song, O God of all the nations
Title:	This Is My Song, O God of All the Nations
Author:	Lloyd Stone (1934)
Meter:	11.10.11.10.11.10
Language:	English
Notes:	French translation: "Voici mon chant, ô Dieu universel" by Larry Tyree; Spanish translation: See "Este es mi canto, oh Dios de las naciones" by Elida G. Falcon
Copyright:	© 1934, 1962, Lorenz Publishing Co

English

10 shown out of 23

French

Community of Christ Sings #389

Spanish

Community of Christ Sings #389

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Tune

FINLANDIA

In 1899 Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (b. Hameenlina, Tavastehus, Finland, 1865; Jarvenpaa, near Helsingfors, Finland, 1957) wrote a musical score for six historical tableaux in a pageant that celebrated and supported the Finnish press against Russian oppression. In 1900 Sibelius revised the music…

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