Prayer of the Children Heartland Men's Chorus

Heartland Men's Chorus performs "Prayer of the Children" from their concert "All God's Children." For more information, visit www.hmckc.org

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[mtnhiker27]

How sad to hear/see original lyrics changed, so as not to "offend" someone! Why can't there be acceptance of a beautiful song and its original lyrics?

How dare 'denverscott2' to try and "interpret" Kurt Bestor's words! If your interpretation is what he intended, then I'm sure he'd have written it as "Who will". It's quite obvious he was lamenting for the help of Jesus.

The song is very touching and I was proud to sing it in a barbershop chorus... in its original form.

[HMChorus]

The composer DID write "who will."

The lyric "who will help me" (as opposed to "Jesus help me") is included as an alternate lyric in the published score. No unauthorized change was made. Ironically, this performance was from a concert entitled "All God's Children" which examined issues of faith.

[dearheartbreaker]

actually the composer had it written either way because he respected that more people might be able to relate to the words "who will" than Jesus.

as much as i respect Christianity, it is far from the only religion in the world. the composer allowed for that, and there's no reason why the audience shouldn't either.

[USmarine0813]

it was ment to help with all religions.. i think you can agree that most Buddists feel that this is sad too, but they do not beleive the same that you or i do.

[blpierce22]

@mtnhiker27 i totally agree....i had to really listen to catch it, but it is heartbreaking that they would change such beautiful lyrics just to keep it "politically correct"

[Takhilin]

@mtnhiker27 Um... The composer DID write "who will". It's an alternate set of lyrics that is actually printed on the music, so... don't be a douche about it. :P

[josgvis]

Beautiful.

The UNC Clefhangers have a beautiful rendition of this song too. 

[Typhlosionism]

Awesome singing! Your outfits don't match though and its kinda distracting. lol I love the bass part on this song, it fits soo well and makes the whole song beautiful!!!

[melinkoe]

@tripletrules Personally, having sung this song with this particular lyrical change (as noted by HMChorus, is an option in the score), this is far more profound than reaching out to god. The children reach out to whomever may be able to provide some help, some refuge from their daily plight of attempting to survive, for just one more day. god, while powerful, does not act directly to put food in the mouths of these children. Does not stop the bullets from flying. Does not. Will not.

[tripletrules]

@jojojootlewootle This prayer-song was written to Jesus.

Next time you write something profound, don't be offended when I change all the important parts and make it as bland and generalized as possible, ok?

[jojojootlewootle]

@tripletrules Not every prayer is to Jesus.

[neuroplasmius]

I like the song and I'm sure the choir is good but the recording sucks! You can't hear some of the frequencies and depth!