Jeni and Billy "Panting for Heaven" Sacred Harp #384

Music video for the Jeni & Billy arrangement of the Sacred Harp song "Panting for Heaven", on page 384 of the 1991 Denson Revision of The Sacred Harp.
Original Tune: S. M. Brown, 1869 Arranged/ rewritten by Jeni and Billy
Words: Maria DeFleury, 1791

Oh, when will the period appear,
When I shall unite in your song?
Im weary of lingering here,
And I to your Savior belong.
Im fettered and chained up in clay;
I struggle and pant to be free:
I long to be soaring away,
My God and my Savior to see.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sacred
• Harp
• shapenote
• shape
• note
• shaped
• panting
• for
• heaven
• 384
• jeni
• billy

[russtacean]

beautiful.

[CanUPutMe2Bed]

jeni and billy is awesome they came to my school!!!!!!!!!

[jolobill]

Hi Jeni and Billy, My friend just told me about y'all and suspected I might like to hear ya. He was so right. Beautiful! Are y'all really from Tazewell Co.? I ride over Chicken Ridge a couple times a week. Anyway, welcome to my "I gotta see them" list. If you've got a schedule posted, I'll find it. Bill of Jolo

[jeniandbilly]

Hi Chris from cold dark England. Hope now that spring is here, things are getting brighter. We'll hope to see you in the UK in June. So happy that you like Tazewell Beauty Queen & Local 6167. Thanks for saying hello!

[Chriskendall1000]

A friend of mine saw you at Beverley Folk Festival last year and bought Jewell Ridge Coal as a gift for me. I really enjoy it, especially Tazewell Beauty Queen and Local 6167.

Chris from a cold dark England

[jeniandbilly]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the song suggestions! We are releasing a new record on Easter called "Longing for Heaven." There are quite a few sacred songs on the CD, so we hope you'll look for it in April and let us know what you think. Jeni & Billy

[Tony2581]

That's really beautiful, Jeni & Billy! I'd love to hear you all perform "Wondrous Love" (Blue Highway) and "God Walks the Dark Hills" (Iris Dement). Someday, hopefully, you'll put out a gospel album...! Best wishes, Tony

[thecharmer]

Wow! You two continually amaze me..lovely harmonies and a great arrangement. Just beautiful!

[jeniandbilly]

Thanks so much Ham! Very glad you like it. We love singing this song -- we always feel very uplifted by the lyric.

[MarthaH605]

Lovely! It doesn't sound like Sacred Harp, but it is very touching.