| Artist: | Waiata Maori (English) |
| User: | ette4eva |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
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Oh Lord my God,
F
when I in awesome wonder
C G7
Consider all the worlds
C
Thy hands have made
C
I see the stars,
F
I hear the rolling thunder
C
Thy power throughout
G7 C
the universe displayed
C
Whakaaria mai
F C
Tou ripeka ki au
G7
Ti-aho mai
C
Ka roto i te po
F
Hei kona au
C
Titiro atu ai
G7
Ora, mate
C
Hei au koe noho ai
G7
Ora, mate
C
Hei au koe noho ai
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The tune of Whakaaria mai is the one used for the hymn O Store Gut, which was written in 1886 by a Swedish pastor, Carl Boberg, after he was caught in a sudden thunderstorm while out in the countryside. He set it to the tune of an old Swedish folk song.
In time the hymn was translated into Russian and was learned by Stuart Hine, a British missionary working in the Ukraine. Hine later translated it into English. An American preacher, Billy Graham made it well-known in the USA, and when Elvis Presley recorded it there, it became well-known in New Zealand.
Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art
How great Thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great though art, how great though art.