Words & Music by C.W. McMaster
Arranged by Sally DeFord
To me (and almost everyone else I know) this song will always be "Whenever I Hear the Song of a Bird," whatever they may choose to call it. This arrangement is based on the melody as it originally appeared in the old "Sing With Me," not the new modified melody (which is more suited to the modern lack of range) in "The Children's Songbook." I arranged this to play with one of my piano students--the primo is fairly easy, the secondo is more advanced.
Church Music Contest: Instrumental division--Award of Merit 1993.