The Best of Rooms

Thompson, Randall (1899–1984)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
E. C. Schirmer — 2672 (1963)

Text Information:
Reference: “Christ’s Part” (1647), Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

Duration: 3:15
Lyrics:

Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes,
To feed or lodge, to have the best of rooms:
Give Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part 
Of all the house: the best of all's the heart.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 20, 2022