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Sleep, Baby, Sleep will be offered as a bonus track (details forthcoming) on a wonderfully diverse Christmas album by Fetal Records called "A Colorful Christmas" in late October, 2015. Watch here for links to iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon Music and Spotify. You may preview the song from this page.

Digital download of the album is available now, direct from Fetal Records.

A Colorful Christmas is a collection of Christmas songs, original and covers, in multiple genres by a diverse group of passionate and inspiring artists with different backgrounds. Featuring Internationally known bluesman Charlie Sayles, Tony Fazio, Scott Taylor, Richard Schletty, Greg Phillips, Subsidiarity, Law & Order, Ken Wenzel, and Jane Kraemer. “If you build it, they will come.” And so they came and came in force. Twelve originals and six traditional covers.

Sleep, Baby, Sleep is a collaboration with my brother Chris who dreamt this song and with Andre van Haren (www.andrevanharen.com) who did the orchestral arrangement. Sheet music from simple to orchestral arrangements is available upon request. 

I also have this song available with Spanish lyrics here: www.topcatholicsongs.com/duerme-nino-duerme 

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

[verse 1]
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
on this magic night. 
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
while Mother holds you tight. 
Little baby, so so small, 
lying in that humble stall. 
So sleep, Baby, sleep 
while angels watch they keep.

[verse 2]
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
while angels hum a tune. 
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
beneath the golden moon. 
Kings and shepherds see the star 
and come to visit from afar. 
So sleep, Baby, sleep 
while angels watch they keep.

[bridge] 
Born in the fullness of time, 
Spirit and matter combine. 
Praise to the King of all kings, 
The Son of the God of all things. 
Here in this portal, 
new life immortal. 
In a manger with sheep 
in soft wool you sleep.

[verse 3]
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
beneath the starry sky. 
Sleep, Baby, sleep 
to Mary's lullaby. 
You have come to save us all, 
little Jesus, so so small. 
Sleep, Baby, sleep.
Sleep, Baby, sleep.

© 2004 Christopher Schletty, Richard Schletty

Duerme, Niño, Duerme will be released on a wonderfully diverse Christmas album by Fetal Records called "A Colorful Christmas" in late October, 2015. Watch here for links to iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon Music and Spotify. You may preview the song from this page.

Digital download of the album is available now, direct from Fetal Records.

A Colorful Christmas is a collection of Christmas songs, original and covers, in multiple genres by a diverse group of passionate and inspiring artists with different backgrounds. Featuring Internationally known bluesman Charlie Sayles, Tony Fazio, Scott Taylor, Richard Schletty, Greg Phillips, Subsidiarity, Law & Order, Ken Wenzel, and Jane Kraemer. “If you build it, they will come.” And so they came and came in force. Twelve originals and six traditional covers.

Duerme, Niño, Duerme (Spanish for Sleep, Baby, Sleep) is a collaboration with my brother Chris who dreamt this song and with André van Haren (www.andrevanharen.com) who did the orchestral arrangement. Sheet music from simple to orchestral arrangements is available upon request. 

See English version of this song here: https://www.topcatholicsongs.com/sleep-baby-sleep

Artists: Richard Schletty (vocals), André van Haren (virtual instrumentation)
Orchestral arrangement: André van Haren
English verses lyrics and melody: Christopher Schletty
Bridge lyrics and melody: Richard Schletty
Spanish translation from English: Elías de Andrés Martos
Copyright © 2004 Christopher Schletty and Richard Schletty

An email announcement from GIA Publishing:

Singing Our Faith Hymnal Resources

An exciting mix of great music, diverse styles, and broad scope—the ultimate music resource for young people, kindergarten through eighth grade.

Leader's/Catechist's Manual and Complete CD set NOW Available!

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Editor: David Dziena

Singing Our Faith, Second Edition is a comprehensive program designed to ... 

Hi! My name is Joanne Wallace, a singer-songwriter from Liverpool, UK.

After years away from the church, I have re-discovered my faith and my love of church music. 

I was always involved in the music ministry at my church growing up and to be honest, thought that part of my life experience was over. Then I had my children and found that through them, all those memories came flooding back. The door was opened once again and once I went through it, all of this music starting to come to me.

"I Call Your Name" has been an unexpected gift to me - if you asked me only 3 years ago,  I would never have imagined I would have rediscovered church and songwriting after all this time and to have released an album of my own original worship music! I write my songs on guitar and piano (although I am really a master of neither!) but my sound does have some gospel influence in the backing vocals.

I now lead the music ministry at our local church and sing new compositions there when it fits with the liturgy. As well as worship songs, I have written more 'traditional' sounding hymns and Mass settings too.  We sing my 'Gloria' every week!  I have had a lot of positive feedback, which is great to hear.

Please listen to my audio samples at www.joannewallace.co.uk.

CDs can be ordered via my website or you can download at www.amazon.com (search Digital Music- Joanne Wallace) and www.cdbaby.com.

I hope you enjoy what you hear.  I look forward to sharing my music and networking with other writers!

Kyrie Eleison

This probably is not the best fit for the situation but it's still a rallying cry: please don't forget the Syrian and other refugee Children as the weather gets progressively colder wherever they are. Thank you :-)

Christ Our Lord, Glorified!

A song by my good Christian friend, Jack Miller (aka Dadai). - Richard Schletty

On Bended Knee (Morning-Evening) by Dadai. More songs by Jack here: www.icompositions.com/artists/Dadai

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Richard Schletty
TCS editor

Bob Filoramo has written an exceptional song for Thanksgiving called "Thank You, Jesus," one which the lyrics really speak for themselves. [scroll down to hear song in the iTunes iMix layer]. 

ETA: Bob writes: "Thank You Jesus was written for my brother's wedding. My brother had been through some very difficult times and as I considered how God had rescued him, what he had come through and where he was that day, I could think of nothing else to say but "Thank You Jesus"; hence the refrain: What can we say but thank you Jesus?

We often try real hard to praise God eloquently with lots of words and that's great, but sometimes it hits me that all I need to say is Thank You Jesus for all that you've done for me. That's basically the origin and spirit of the song.

Enjoy:

Thank You, Jesus

We are in awe as we behold what You have done.
We stand amazed as we see Your plan unfold.
What can we say, what can we do
To express our gratitude
for revealing Your great power in our lives?

What can we say but "Thank You, Jesus!"
for all that You have done for us? ... 

Here is Maria's version of The Magnificat (As the Rain Rushes Down). It is the melody that was taught to her by her mother. Compare to Robert Blue version from his 1967 album Run, Come, See. More info about the search for this song is here: http://www.topcatholicsongs.com/magnificat-as-the-rain-rushes-down#comment-6947

Has anyone else ever heard this version of the song? Please sign in and comment. Thank you.

Holy, Holy (The 'Sanctus' Prayer in English)

• Artist: Oriwoh Edewede
• Title: Holy, Holy, Hosanna
• Genre: Christian; Catholic
• Year: 2015
• Composer: Oriwoh Edewede
• Copyright Info: Oriwoh Edewede 2015

Lamb of God (in Latin)

• Artist: Oriwoh Edewede
• Title: Agnus Dei
• Genre: Christian, Catholic
• Year: 2015
• Composer: Oriwoh Edewede
• Copyright Info: Oriwoh Edewede 2015
• Notes: A "Lamb of God" Prayer (in Latin)