Published on
June 2, 2020
Video length
4 mins
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs of testimony, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

This series contains songs that can all be found in the hymnal, Santo, santo, santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, Inc., 2019). Carlos Colón served as a consultant, translator, and arranger for this hymnal. The following three songs are songs of testimony.

Learn more about Santo, santo, santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.

 

1. "Give Me Jesus / Dame a Cristo"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God #306

Text: African American spiritual; tr. by María Eugenia Cornou © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: African American spiritual
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

2. "Quiero cantar una linda canción / I Want to Sing Out a Beautiful Song"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 258

Text: Anonymous; from Latin America; English tr. by Mary Louise Bringle © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: anonymous; from Latin America
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

3. "Mi pensamiento eres tú, Señor / My Only Thought, It Is of You, O Lord"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 589

Text: Anonymous; tr. by Greg Scheer © 2019 Greg Scheer
Tune: Anonymous; arr. by Greg Scheer © 2019 Greg Scheer
Used by permission. 

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