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Come Down, God (song)

  Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 8 May 2012 Listen/watch song on YouTube Listen/watch nigun (wordless tune) on youTube Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) Although the lyrics for this are based very closely on the first half of Psalm 86, this song was originally written as a nigun (wordless melody),

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Your People Will Be My People (song of Ruth)

Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 9 Nov 2011 Download the free sheet music (2 voices & piano) Vatomeir Rut al-tifgi-bi, l’azveich lashuv meiachara’ich: ki el asher teilchi eileich, uva’asher talini alin – ameich ami, veilohayich elohai; ba’asher tamuti amut, v’sham ekaveir; koh ya’aseh adonai li, v’choh yosif – ki hamavet, yafrid beini uveineich.

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Simcha Song

Midrash on Psalm 81 (1-4, 8, 11) Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 12 Sep 2011 Download the free sheet music (round for 3 voices & piano lead sheet) I love those old songs that have two melodies that overlap each other; one melody is like a fast patter song, and the other lyrical,

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