A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs suitable for Remembrance Day ceremonies."Free-to-use" means the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing - sometimes in a limited setting.
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Free-use hymns
Hymns for Remembrance Day services generally focus on God as protector in time of death and war, or on themes of peace-making.The most commonly used free-use hymns at Remembrance Day commemoration services are:
- Abide with Me
- Flowers of the Forest
- I Vow to Thee My Country (arranged Gustav Holst died in 1934, so this may not yet be public domain in all countries)
- Jerusalem
- O Valiant Hearts
- O God, Our Help in Ages Past
- The national anthem:
- God Save the Queen,
- O Canada,
- Arise Australia Fair,
- God Defend New Zealand
Others hymns with protector / thankfulness themes include:
- Be Still my Soul
- Eternal Father Strong to Save
- God the Omnipotent King who Ordainest
- Joyful Joyful we Adore Thee (which is set to the tune adopted as the EU anthem)
- Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour
- O God of Earth and Altar (GK Chesterton died in 1936 so this may not yet be public domain in all countries)
- Once to Every Man and Nation
- Out of the Depths
- Praise, my Soul the King of Heaven
- The Recessional (Kipling died in 1936, so this may not yet be public domain in all countries)
- The Lord's My Shepherd
- Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow
- Thy Kingdom Come O God
- To Thee O God, we Fly
Peace-oriented copyright-free hymns include:
- Behold the Mountains of the Lord
- In Christ there is no East or West
- Jesus, Lord, we Look to Thee
- Judge Eternal throned in Splendour
- King of Glory King of Peace
- Kum ba yah, my Lord
- Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us
- O God of Glory O King of Peace
- Peace Perfect Peace in this Dark World of Sin
- Pray that Jerusalem may have Peace and Prosperity
- Remembrance - free-use in some circumstances
- Shalom my Friends
- Son of God Eternal Saviour
Hymns which may still be copyright
Eternal God Before whose Face we Stand -Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)Song for Remembrance Day de Silva
We Will Remember Them - Wilcock
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