It does not include hymns about other topics which could be impled from the parable - just ones which relate directly to it.
The list is grouped into two sections:
- Free-use (either copyright has expired, or the author has allowed them to be freely used)
- Still subject to copyright and so can only be used if you are covered by a copyright license.
Both children's and adults hymns / songs are included in each list - because except for the youngest of children, it is is difficult to draw a clear distinction between them.
About the Parable of the Prodigal Son
This bible story, told in Luke 15:11-32, is also known as the Parable of the Lost Son. It is told in a section to Luke's gospel which is focussed on the lost - immediately after the the parable of the Lost Sheep and the parable of the Lost Coin. It is a response the Pharisees' complaining that he welcomes and eats with sinners.
In the parable, a man has two sons. The younger son asks his father for his inheritance, and once he gets it, the son travels to a distant land and wastes his fortune on wild living.
When the son's money runs out, the country is in a severe famine and the son finds himself reduced to taking a job feeding pigs. As he becomes even more desperate, he longs to eat the pig's food.
Eventually he comes to his senses, and returns to his father, asking for mercy and forgiveness. The father receives his son back with open arms: He is overjoyed by the return, and asks the servants to prepare a feast to celebrate the younger son's return.
This angers the older son, who returns from working the fields to discover a party being held to celebrate his feckless younger brother. The father addresses this saying "your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!”
Songs and hymns which may be freely used
Afflictions, though they seem severe - NewtonBrother hast thou Wandered Far - Clarke
Coming Home - Teasley (1900)
I'll Go (Come, wanderer come) - Baker
Lord, I'm Coming Home - Kirkpatrick
O Prodigal Don't Stay Away - Rankin
Return, O Wanderer, Return - Collyer
Return O Wanderer to thy Home - Hastings
The Prodigal Child - Gates
The Prodigal Child - Cosner
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The Prodigal Son (Here feast I at my Father’s board) - Guild
The Prodigal Son (Out in the wilderness wild and drear) - Chisholm
The Repenting Prodigal - Beddone
Wandering Child O Come Home
Welcome Wand'rer Welcome - Bonar
The Prodigal with Streaming Eyes - Sigourney
Come Home ([Come, ye prodigal in sin, far away]) - Warren
Come Prodigal Child - Warren
Father I have Sinned - O'Reilly
Like the Prodigal Son I Wandered in Darkness - Cantrell
Older Brother - Stuempfle
Our Father we have Wandered - Nichols
Like the Prodigal Son (No matter how far you've run) · De Waal (Contemporary - video)
Like the Prodigal Son (I wandered in darkness) - unknown
The Prodigal - DeFord (info)
The Prodigal Son - Bleazard (for children, to the tune Rise and Shine - video)
The Prodigal Son (Here feast I at my Father’s board) - Guild
The Prodigal Son (Out in the wilderness wild and drear) - Chisholm
The Repenting Prodigal - Beddone
Wandering Child O Come Home
Welcome Wand'rer Welcome - Bonar
The Prodigal with Streaming Eyes - Sigourney
Hymns and songs which may still be copyright
Ballad of the Prodigal Son - WinterCome Home ([Come, ye prodigal in sin, far away]) - Warren
Come Prodigal Child - Warren
Father I have Sinned - O'Reilly
Like the Prodigal Son I Wandered in Darkness - Cantrell
Older Brother - Stuempfle
Our Father we have Wandered - Nichols
Like the Prodigal Son (No matter how far you've run) · De Waal (Contemporary - video)
Like the Prodigal Son (I wandered in darkness) - unknown
The Prodigal - DeFord (info)
The Prodigal Son - Bleazard (for children, to the tune Rise and Shine - video)
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