Sing and Be Happy - A Cappella Hymn

**Copyright © 1940 Bridge Building Music (BMI) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.**
Lyrics & Music - Emory S. Peck (1940)
Key - Eb Major
Tempo - 82 bpm
Please enjoy these simple recordings and feel free to give suggestions and requests! Thumbs up?... What did you like? Thumbs down?... What can I change for you?
Would you like to request hymns for this channel? Feel free to do that in the comment sections of these videos. Here's the guidelines for that:
1.) Limit 2 per person (feel free to request 2 more when yours are posted)
2.) Only public domain hymns (Pre-1923)
3.) Include author/composer and date of composition
4.) Be patient. This is one of many hobbies of mine and not a full time job. It may take a few weeks to a couple years to get yours done.
Keep in mind that the main purpose of these videos is to help folks learn harmony parts to hymns and not to sound perfect. These recordings will sound a touch raw for a few reasons; I am not a trained singer, I am using very simple recording hardware, my recording 'studio' is a spare closet that is just big enough for me to fit in. ( :
If you enjoy the way that these hymns are sang and want to experience them in person, stop by just about any church of Christ and they'll likely be singing them the same way. Without instruments.
My recording process:
-Record each part on a Rode NT1-A on to a Zoom H4 recorder
-Some pitch correction in Melodyne
-Mix in Mixcraft 6
-Combine audio and sheet music in Corel VideoStudio X7
-Music is typeset in Finale 2012 by me or borrowed from PDHymns.com
-Gear can be found here: www.zzounds.com...
To my knowledge, most of the hymns that I record and post are public domain (except the ones I've obtained permission for). If you notice one that is NOT public domain, let me know as soon as possible so that I can take that video down.

[@sarahmccollum3694]

This song came into my head as my first thought of the day. We used to sing this every Sunday. I love Jesus! Amen.

[@bonitamiller8960]

Beautiful song !! With THE world going through so much trauma right now with the Coronavirus... sometimes it's hard to find joy... But I'm going to sing this to the top of my lungs!!!! God is still in control and He is not sleep....

[@charlottebosch1791]

Amen! 🙏🙌🙏

[@MurrayFlashy]

Amen.

[@8-bittrooper353]

Sing and be happy is my favorite hymn. I heard it 21 years ago for the first time and I sing it when I feel lost.

[@justjeanny9013]

It's one of my favorites too! I like this acapella version a lot.

[@ronny5211]

Es ist eine schöne 4-stimmige Melodie. Man müsste die Noten bestellen können, um es nachzusingen.

[@meadowsplumbing8659]

When I was a young man and first found the Lord at 12:00 the song Always stood out to me

[@aliciadominicokobi8243]

I sang this song as a teenager. it made so much meaning to me. So glad to find it here. Just want to sing and be happy.

[@DesertSingerAZ]

I memorized this song at church camp in jr high school... the words are great ones to have memorized when you're feeling sad, down or just blue. In my top 5 favorite hymns. Thank You!

[@acappellahymns]

You're very welcome, Ms. Carrie. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel!

[@melainymcdonough1986]

This is one of my favorites I learned in church as a kid. Hearing the high, low, and inbetween singers blend. It's beautiful. Singing has always been like medicine to me. I hope to remind others of the light with it and in doing so remind them of their own light.

[@ronny5211]

Singen macht Spaß und ist Balsam für die Seele. Das geht mir auch so. Daher bin ich in 2 Gospelchören.

[@ParkviewSinger]

One of my favorite songs to lead during worship. It's just so true. Press on to the goal. Amen.

[@jasonrohrer8336]

Phillip Simmons are you a church of Christ goer? It’s where I am planning to start attending!!

[@ParkviewSinger]

@@jasonrohrer8336 Yes. I am a member of the Church of Christ at Parkview Drive in Monroe, La

[@leonorabesong3107]

Glad l found this hymn here. This used to be one of my favorite in choir during my university years. I'll sing and be happy today and always.

[@acappellahymns]

I'm glad you found it too! More to come!

[@a.g.jebarajan4123]

You are doing a good job brother for the Lord and His church. May the Lord Bless you. Jebarajan from delhi - India

[@bulmaroleyva6553]

HERMOSO HIMNO,YHVH TE MIRE CON AMOR Y TE HAGA VIVIR EN PAZ.

[@conradgallardo9046]

HOW have i never heard this til today? Love it! Thank you, Brother

[@valentinaneira2905]

wonderful hymn, may all the glory be for God

[@valentinaneira2905]

because together they are wonderful for me.

[@algolightly115]

A-men!!!

[@jordancollier1991]

I would love if you could do one of these four part Acapella renditions of "we're marching to Zion" - sometimes refered to by the first line, "come ye that love the Lord" - words by Issac Watts and music by Robert Lowry. I sang it growing up in the church of Christ, and I haven't found it among your other pieces. I am tremendous fan of your work!

[@wesplybon9510]

Always interesting to see the music for known songs followed precisely. Not sure about anyone else, but on the second line of each of the verse slides, my congregation dots the first eight note and 16ths the second, enhancing the rag feel of this song :) e.g. In the first verse "All" is a dotted eighth, and "the" is a 16th. And I think we do it with "whole" and "day" also, but that involves ignoring that note change as well. Thanks again! :D

[@songs_of_the_church]

Nice work!

[@acappellahymns]

Thank you!

[@enithmarak3942]

I like this hymn. Beautiful to hear.

[@martinriggs1]

I'm from the Brazil, here the songs is many differents, but I love heard and I love English so all make my type

[@karen4you]

New to me, but what a great happy song. Thank you bunches!

[@jdenisep293]

Amen

[@mistybaxleyful]

Classic!

[@tedcriswell1252]

That's a cheerful song. Enjoyed it. Here's a couple of songs you might consider Lord we come before the now by William Hammond 1745 , Almost Persuaded by P. P. Bliss 1871. Thank you.

[@tedcriswell1252]

A Cappella Hymns you are welcome. I do enjoy hearing these hymns. Have a blessed day.

[@JustaJackalope]

Great song

[@ElectricTetris]

I’ve been looking for a good version of this! Thank you!!!!

[@welcmasher2471]

Wowie! You're great! :)

[@terriesmith738]

VICTORY THRU JESUS!!!

[@ikhlasfam5142]

A lovely hymn

[@beverlysimpson1280]

Love that song

[@benclark3513]

this is my jam

[@toshamccarty5115]

Beautiful hymn! Thank you for singing it so nicely and putting so much work and care into it's parts to share it here. God bless you! I found it in my second hand hymnal today and sought to learn it. So glad you have this music lesson covered for me. I enjoy hearing you sing and singing along with you to learn it too.

[@vincentandrew1126]

Amen!

[@marioalgandona7683]

Awesome!

[@annecox6378]

Uplifting!!!!

[@sinomarmontalvao6999]

Wanderful simply.

[@MurrayFlashy]

Thanks so much for saying what the bpm of the song is even though I did find it out yesterday! Now I can work on a midi for this. I love this song so much. The cords of the singers sound like fire and this is so catchy. This is such a good song to groove to when your upset and it can cheer you up into a better mood.

[@acappellahymns]

I'm glad you're enjoying the channel and found the bpm in the description! Thanks for your kind and encouraging comment.

[@MurrayFlashy]

@@acappellahymns no problem. I like this song a lot!

[@MurrayFlashy]

@@acappellahymns If you'd like I can send the midi of the song when I finish working on it. Might take a bit. I am pretty busy at the moment with other stuff like school and other stuff but yeah I'll work on the midi for sure.

[@acappellahymns]

Sounds good! No rush.

[@MurrayFlashy]

Hey, I am having trouble with trying to make the cords. Could you maybe tell me the note arrangements of maybe one of the cords to work with so I can work my way on with the others on my own?

[@jonathanyoung2588]

Keep it up. I like to practice my bass voice with these!

[@ronny5211]

Hast du einen Notensatz davon?

[@jonathanyoung2588]

@@ronny5211 Ich habe alte Liederbücher, die mir meine Mutter hinterlassen hat

[@salonaifill-balgobin2298]

Who likes the song?!

[@MurrayFlashy]

Dude this song is so catchy! This song is fire!!

[@badgerwear2237]

In which context?

[@samanthashuler4817]

I love it … it is very catchy

[@JustaJackalope]

Me!

[@singwithlenin]

Amen and Amen

[@martinriggs1]

Very good! Amazing grace please!.

[@thegoodlife1238]

love it

[@joelo6454]

Amen and Amen.....

[@rkmast3063]

I would like to request "A Wonderful Shepherd" (is leading me on). I can't find any information, but love the song!!

[@melliott388]

I'm planning on leading this song soon, so I was practicing it earlier. I realized something...we don't sing this one close to what is written for the chorus! I looked at it, thought "there's no way I'm singing a G there." But it felt normal. Same with the endings. We don't usually drop down to the ti, usually I would guess a mi going straight down from sol. Listened to this video. I could not get it right to save my life. Just did not feel right at all. Same with When We All Get to Heaven, in the chorus there, it's supposed to be G, C, E, C, C. But we always want to do C, D, E, D, C. I find that one a lot easier. Just funny how so many we don't really do like it's supposed to.

[@melliott388]

@@acappellahymns Right! It's definitely interesting to learn and figure out how it's actually intended to be sung. But there are some, like Our God He is Alive, this one, where it's so ingrained and they sing it with such vigor, that there's no chance you'll get them over to how it actually is unless you got them in a class or chorus type setting and taught them. I'm not even going to attempt to do it "right." It's for a singing night at a different congregation, so it would definitely be best for them to just do it how we know it. Would take quite a long time to unlearn haha. I actually led Our God He is Alive last time I was there. Tried to do part of the "correct" way, but the were so loud, me doing it messed myself up, so I switched back haha.

[@ronny5211]

Das Lied ist in Es-Dur, da gibt es kein "E" sondern ein "Es".

[@charlesstocksen178]

I use to sing this song 🎵 in the Church of Christ. It sounds much better there.

[@2users828]

Brother what book of hymns are u using with the notes?

[@jessebirdwell9489]

What in the AI generated hech is this version?

[@acappellahymns]

I can assure you it's not "Ai". But what would make you think it is?

[@DovonMac1]

Get a woman to sing