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O WALY WALY

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	An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare

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Title:	O WALY WALY
Place Of Origin:	England
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Incipit:	51232 16551 71234
Key:	G Major
Source:	English folk tune
Copyright:	Public Domain

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O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Hal H. Hopson (b. White Mound, TX, 1933) adapted and arranged O WALY WALY as an anthem in 1971 for his setting of 1 Corinthians 13, "Gift of Love"; his version became known as GIFT OF LOVE. That copyrighted version of the tune can be sung in canon after one measure, especially on the "refrain" stanzas (2 and 4) and ideally by the choir or by a small part of the congregation, somewhat in the manner of a descant. Keep the phrases moving to help create four lines instead of eight choppy phrases. In fact, the tune has a difficult time when not sung in canon; more recent hymnals have begun publishing this tune in triple meter, contrary to the publisher's request, in order to avoid the long-held notes. (The Companion to the United Methodist Hymnal noted that their committee's request for permission to use triple meter was denied, but that "in an assertion of free will over predestination, The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990, included the text with a triple-meter form of the tune," p. 636.)

Hopson was educated at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. He served various churches in the Nashville area as organist and choir director. He has also taught at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, and Scarritt Graduate School, Nashville, Tennessee. Over eight hundred of Hopson's hymn tunes and keyboard and choral compositions have been published. He takes an active role in many conferences and music clinics and was a major contributor to the Presbyterian Psalter (1994).

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
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Composer/Editor Colin Hand
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Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
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Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Anne Krentz Organ
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Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; William Beckstrand
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Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Eric Vollen
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Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2000) pp. 45
The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 97
Variations on "O Waly Waly": The Gift of Love or When Love Is Found
Composer/Editor Janet Linker
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 3
Hymn Intonations, Preludes, and Free Harmonizations Volume IX: 25 More Harmonizations
Composer/Editor Alfred V. Fedak
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (1998) pp. 12
Nine Easy Hymn Preludes and Hymn Settings - Book One: For Organ
Composer/Editor Edward H. Meyer
Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1997) pp. 9
Ninety Easy Hymn Accompaniments: For Keyboard
Composer/Editor Margaret Mealy
Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (1997) pp. 62
More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 124

Organ Solo

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Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2017) pp. 6
Preludes and Meditations: Expressive Settings for Worship
Composer/Editor Raymond H. Haan
Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2017) pp. 38
Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists Volume 5 Pentecost and Trinity: 27 Original Pieces on hymns for Pentecost and Trinity
Composer/Editors Rebecca Groom Te Velde; David Blackwell
Published By: Oxford University Press (2016) pp. 49
Hymn Prelude Library Volume Eight Tunes NO: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editor Kevin J. Hildebrand
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2015) pp. 124
Augsburg Organ Library Marriage
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Emma Lou Diemer
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2014) pp. 71, 73
Easy Organ Library Volume 55
Composer/Editor Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 25
The Essential Collection for the Church Organist II: 50 Settings for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Jane Holstein; Sue Mitchell-Wallace
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2013) pp. 201
The Essential Dale Wood: 40 Classic Hymn Tune Settings for Organ
Composer/Editor Dale Wood
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 130
The Organist Volume 117 Number 1 March April 2013: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 25
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Composer/Editor Austin Cole Lovelace
Published By: Darcey Press (2012) pp. 17-20
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Composer/Editor Austin Cole Lovelace
Published By: Darcey Press (2012) pp. 17
The Organist's Companion Volume 33 Number 2 January February 2011: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Anthony Giamanco
Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2011) pp. 4
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The Organist's Great Big Lent & Easter Book: A Feast of Music for the Greatest Season of the Year
Composer/Editors Andrew Wright; Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 178
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Composer/Editor Andrew Wright
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 208
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Composer/Editors Jane Holstein; John Carter
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The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 42 Number 5 May 2008: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 8
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Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 8
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Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Dale Wood
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 8
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Composer/Editor Barbara Harbach
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 4
The Ultimate Organ Book: For Weddings, Funerals & the Church Year
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2007) pp. 62
120 More Musical Gifts Part 6 Series Two: Variations on Hymn Tunes - Leoni to Regent Square
Composer/Editors Adrienne Tindall; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Darcey Press (2006) pp. 466, 468, 470, 472
11 Hymn Preludes: Organ Pieces for the Christian Year
Composer/Editor Kevin J. Sadowski
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2004) pp. 18
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Reflections on the Sacrifice: Holy Week Meditations for Organ
Composer/Editor Kris Kropff
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Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Edward Broughton
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 49
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Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 49
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Composer/Editors James W. Kosnik; J. Michael McMahon; Charles Callahan
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Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (2001) pp. 10
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Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2001) pp. 24
The Organist Volume 105 Number 2 May June 2001: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Carol M. Johnson; Colin Curtis
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2001) pp. 58
The Organist's Companion Volume 21 Number 4 May June 1999: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; George Lachenauer
Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (1999) pp. 18
Today's Hymns and Songs for Organ
Composer/Editor John Carter
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1999) pp. 12
Variations on "O Waly Waly": The Gift of Love or When Love Is Found
Composer/Editor Janet Linker
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 3
Nine Easy Hymn Preludes and Hymn Settings - Book One: For Organ
Composer/Editor Edward H. Meyer
Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1997) pp. 8
100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
Composer/Editor Christopher Tambling
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 44
Sing a New Song: Folk, Spiritual, and Hymn Preludes for Organ
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1996) pp. 14
Laudate! Volume 2: Organ Music Based on the 100 Most Popular Hymns in Worship III and Gather
Composer/Editor James W. Kosnik
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 8
Laudate! Volume 2: Organ Music Based on the 100 Most Popular Hymns in Worship III and Gather
Composer/Editors James W. Kosnik; James Biery
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 8
Wood Works on International Folk Hymns
Composer/Editor Dale Wood
Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1995) pp. 4
Eight Hymn Preludes for Organ
Composer/Editor Emma Lou Diemer
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1993) pp. 4

Piano Solo

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Composer/Editors Larry Shackley; Pamela M. Robertson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 24
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Composer/Editors Larry Shackley; John Cumberland
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 36
The Church Pianist's Library Volume 18
Composer/Editor C. E. Walz
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2016) pp. 2
The Church Pianist Volume 31 Number 4 March April 2015: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Larry Shackley; C. E. Walz
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 2
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Composer/Editor Dan Forrest
Published By: Beckenhorst Press, Inc. (2013) pp. 38
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Composer/Editor Marilynn Joy Ham
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2010) pp. 32
The Contemporary Wedding Pianist
Composer/Editors Lloyd A. Larson; Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2009) pp. 18
Songs of Assurance: Hymns of Faith and Hope for Solo Piano
Composer/Editor Charlie Miller
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2008) pp. 44
Piano Meditations: Ten Settings of Traditional Hymn Tunes for Piano
Composer/Editor Justin McCarthy
Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (2006) pp. 10
Let All Things Now Living Volume 1: A Celebration of International Hymnody
Composer/Editor Don Wyrtzen
Published By: The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2004) pp. 34
The Church Pianist Volume 19 Number 4 March April 2003: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors David Sarandon; Franklin Ritter
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 16
The Essential Collection for the Church Pianist: 55 Timeless Favorites & Contemporary Classics
Composer/Editors Jane Holstein; John Carter
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2002) pp. 180
The Church Pianist Volume 17 Number 6 July 2001: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editor John Purifoy
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2001) pp. 30
Blessed Assurance: A Piano Collection
Composer/Editor J. Bert Carlson
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1998) pp. 24
Bless That Wonderful Name: A Praise and Worship Collection
Composer/Editor Jeff Bennett
Published By: Benson Music Group, Inc. (1996) pp. 14
Day by Day: Hymn Arrangements for Piano
Composer/Editor Rachel Trelstad Porter
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1996) pp. 12
Hymns from Around the World: 10 Piano Solos
Composer/Editor Howard Helvey
Published By: Beckenhorst Press, Inc. (1995) pp. 4
Today's Hymns and Songs: For Piano
Composer/Editor John Carter
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1995) pp. 9
American Tapestry: The Music from the Recording
Composer/Editor Joseph M. Martin
Published By: Malcolm Music (1994) pp. 32

Piano and Organ Duet

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Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 18
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Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2012) pp. 24
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Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (2001) pp. 7
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Composer/Editors Joel Raney; Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1999) pp. 2

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