Shirley Bassey - Abide With Me (w/ Black Mountain Male Chorus)

1999 (Shirley Bassey with the Black Mountain Male Chorus - Track from #1 CD, Land Of My Fathers)

Shirley Bassey contributed three beautiful songs to the very successful CD titled, 'Land Of My Fathers.' Along with this song, Abide With Me, the other two tracks include, 'We'll Keep A Welcome' and 'World In Union,' which was a duet with Classical Base-Baritone Bryn Terfel. This CD reached the number 1 position. The hymn, Abide With Me, has been sung prior to the kick-off at every Rugby League Challenge Cup final since 1929, the first final to be held at Wembley Stadium. Shirley Bassey, along with the Morriston Rugby Choir deliver a powerful majesty to this beautiful hymm.




LYRICS:
Abide with me
Fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens
Lord with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless,
oh abide with me

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
Earths joys grows dim, its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around I see
O thou who changed not,
abide with me

Abide with me
Fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens
Lord with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh abide with me

ABOUT This track from 'Land Of My Fathers':
Released in 1999 on the various artists album Land Of My Fathers recorded with the Morriston Rugby Choir. Charlie Skarbek played the guitar for this song and he was also the producer.

This hymn had been repeatedly played among other songs by the seven musicians of the band of the Titanic as the ship went down. No member of the band survived.

The original song has three more verses and was called "Eventide". It was in the compilation of "Hymns Ancient and Modern" (1859-1861). This most popular English hymnal ever published and was created under the musical editorship of William H. Monk (1823-1889) to compile all the individual songs of the Anglican church of the 1st half of the 19th century. Also Greek and Latin hymns were translated into English for this work.

ABOUT the Lyricist - Henry Francis Lyte:
Abide with Me is a Christian hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte. He wrote it in 1847 while he lay dying from tuberculosis; he survived only a further three weeks after its completion.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• Music
• Wil­liam H. Monk
• Lyrics
• Henry Francis Lyte
• Revised by
• Charlie Skarbek
• Morriston Rugby Choir
• Rugby Cup Final Anthem

[Thorneycroft1937]

A lovely presentation, Scot!

[sas9023055]

@Thorneycroft1937 - Thank-you Jonas!

[Rosannasfriend]

there you go, Scot! Thumbs up! Sometimes, ppl could click on thumbs down by accident, so don't take it to heart. :) Your videos are always top-notch!

[sas9023055]

@Rosannasfriend -Thank-you for your always wonderful comments!

[johannes51]

clever editing! realy very nice

[MrVoyager123]

thanks for this its great

[jnmr91]

Simply amazing!!!

[anghydweithrediad]

Wonderful - who needs a rugby team when you've got Shirley Bassey

[lydee09]

Pretty Awesome! It is very celestial sounding, which is appropriate for Dame Shirley. Very full with the choir. Loved the song, loved your pictures. Especially the one at 2:09. Thanks

[Thorneycroft1937]

@Rosannasfriend

Pieter had made a fabulous video to it, this song is fantastic, thanks Scot!