[Oe List ...] Songs on tracks 4-10

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

These all came through well on my computer.  Here are some  reflections:
 
Track 4 - O Sacred Head - Beautiful Bach tune, traditional words.   Would 
need demythologizing--theme is Jesus' sacrifice to save us.
 
Track 5 - It is God That is Always Driving Man (Maybe there is another  
title) - Tune: Blowin' in the Wind.  Words are straight and complete  rewrite of 
the Bultman paper.  Gender issue would rear its head:  "It  is God who gives 
every man his life, and God who takes his life away."   Might be rewritten to 
eliminate masculine pronoun and noun.
 
Track 6 - Men of the Spirit  Tune: Volga Boatmen.  Great drum  accompaniment. 
 Gender issue again.
 
Track 7 Beautiful hymn - I don't know the name.  Original, old  words.  
Theme--Jesus redeemed us by his passion, Praise to God.  Not  really an order song, 
and the words are offensive to progressive  Christian.
 
When in the Midst of Strife, the Other Strikes My Life"--(has another  title, 
I think)  Tune: Those Were the Days, My Friend, We thought they'd  never 
end.."  Great accompaniment on the banjo, great rhythm.  Not  complete on track 
7--missing last few lines.
 
Track 8 - "Come Walk With Francis" - to a hymn tune which I cannot  recall.  
The last word of verse one becomes the first word of verse two,  etc., until 
the last word of the final verse becomes the first word of the first  verse, 
and the song fades out.  Definitely words written by OE folk.   Great song.
 
Track 9 - "Burden Down"  to an excellent jazz piano  accompaniment.  I 
remember seeing a group of native 5th city young folks  perform this song and clap 
it in probably summer '68 in the gym building in the  5th City OE campus.  It 
was the first time I had seen the offbeat, bouncing  handclap done.  Great 
theology, if you have heard the Christ lecture in  RS1.
 
"Come All Spirits Roaming Freely" to Beethoven's Ode to Joy, "Joyful,  joyful 
we adore thee" in the UM hymnal.  Words are definitely written by  OE.
 
Track 10 - a hymn in Latin.  I'm not at all familiar with either words  or 
tune.
 
Karen Bueno



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