Davis - "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" (Josh Markley, baritone)
SOLO "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" (music by Katherine K. Davis, 1952) Josh Markley, baritone; Dale Morehouse, piano St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO September 19, 2021 Katherine K. Davis (1892 – 1980), born in St. Joseph, MO, wrote 600 compositions, the most familiar of which is the classic carol, “The Little Drummer Boy.” This is her setting of the opening verses of Psalm 84, which begins with praise of the place where God lives, and where the singer longs to be. The longing goes further than the place where God lives, yearning for the presence of the "living God". How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of hosts. My soul longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My soul and body cry aloud, yea, for the living God. How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of hosts. Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. (words from Psalm 84: 1-3, KJV)
SOLO "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" (music by Katherine K. Davis, 1952) Josh Markley, baritone; Dale Morehouse, piano St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO September 19, 2021 Katherine K. Davis (1892 – 1980), born in St. Joseph, MO, wrote 600 compositions, the most familiar of which is the classic carol, “The Little Drummer Boy.” This is her setting of the opening verses of Psalm 84, which begins with praise of the place where God lives, and where the singer longs to be. The longing goes further than the place where God lives, yearning for the presence of the "living God". How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of hosts. My soul longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My soul and body cry aloud, yea, for the living God. How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of hosts. Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. (words from Psalm 84: 1-3, KJV)