ADOWA was composed by Charles H. Gabriel (PHH 24), the noted gospel songwriter, during the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver evangelistic crusades of the 1910s, and was published with this text in the 1912 Psalter. Sing the tune in two very long phrases.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988
Notes
ADOWA was composed by Charles H. Gabriel (PHH 24), the noted gospel songwriter, during the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver evangelistic crusades of the 1910s, and was published with this text in the 1912 Psalter. Sing the tune in two very long phrases.
Tune Title: ADOWAFirst Line: Come, all ye people, bless our GodComposer: Charles Hutchinson GabrielMeter: 88.68.86Incipit: 51112 33345 55343Key: G Major
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