Come and Praise


Come and Praise is a hymnal published by the BBC and widely used in collective worship in British schools. The hymnal was compiled by Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor with musical arrangements by Douglas Coombes, and includes well-known hymns such as “Oil in My Lamp”, “Kum Ba Yah” and “Water of Life” as well as Christmas carols and Easter hymns.

Volumes

Two volumes were published: Come and Praise in 1978, and Come and Praise 2 in 1988. The hymns from both volumes were published together in The Complete Come and Praise in 1990.

CDs

CD 1

  1. Morning has broken
  2. Water of life
  3. All things bright and beautiful
  4. Autumn days
  5. Somebody greater
  6. The earth is yours, O God
  7. Let us with a gladsome mind
  8. Who put the colours in the rainbow?
  9. Song of Caedmon
  10. All nations of the earth
  11. God knows me
  12. When God made the garden of creation
  13. Think of a world without any flowers
  14. He made me
  15. He's Got the [Whole World in His Hands|He's got the whole world]
  16. Come my brothers, praise the Lord
  17. Come and praise the Lord our King
  18. Lord of the dance
  19. Go [Tell It on the Mountain |Go tell it on the mountain]
  20. When Jesus walked in Galilee
  21. Jesus Christ is here
  22. A man for all people
  23. Judas and Mary
  24. From the darkness came light
  25. Join with us
  26. God has promised
  27. Thank you Lord
  28. Praise the Lord in everything
  29. God is love

    CD 2

  30. Praise Him
  31. Fill thou my life
  32. Travel on
  33. Give me oil in my lamp
  34. He who would valiant be
  35. The journey of life
  36. One more step
  37. Father, hear the prayer we offer
  38. We are climbing
  39. When a knight won his spurs
  40. Lord of all hopefulness
  41. Peace, perfect peace
  42. The King of love
  43. Colours of day
  44. The Lord's my shepherd
  45. Lost and found
  46. The best gift
  47. I listen and I listen
  48. The building song
  49. Spirit of God
  50. The wise may bring their learning
  51. When I needed a neighbour
  52. In Christ there is no east or west
  53. Black and White
  54. Kum ba yah
  55. The family of Man
  56. Cross over the road
  57. If I had a hammer
  58. A living song