  David Hepburn does it again. This short poignant gospel song has a wonderfully singable melody, a fantastic and expressive lyric, and a timeless message. Perhaps the most unusual thing about this song is its lack of verse/chorus structure. It is memorable without being the least repetitious, and in that way has more of an art-song structure, but it also clearly has roots in traditional gospel music. Overall, it is quite a compelling song. The lyric is perhaps the song's best feature: +++ I came as a pauper, not as a prince, To the foot of the cross where Jesus died, To plead for His mercy, for I knew I was lost, If His grace to me was denied. I had no great riches, position, or fame, My talents were common to men, And I knew if I needed these things when I came, Then my search for forgiveness would never end. So I came empty handed, stripped of my pride, I knelt at the cross where the Savior died, His grace and forgiveness to me were applied, And now I'm a child of the King. +++ The sound sample is of a slightly different arrangement, and the piano accompaniment is ad-libbed to a significant degree. The song is easy to sing for tenors or sopranos; range is C to F, an octave and a half. MP3 sound sample: Covenant Four, solo by David Hepburn, 1988. A CHILD OF THE KING comes in a pdf file of 984k, including a four page vocal part with very simple piano accompaniment and guitar chords, and a license page, five pages in all. Performance time is just over two minutes. |
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