"The Lord's Prayer" is a song written by

David Fanshawe David Arthur Fanshawe (19 April 1942 – 5 July 2010) was an English composer and self-styled explorer with a fervent interest in world music.''The Times'' obituary 9 July 2010. His best-known composition is the 1972 choral work '' African Sanct ...

for his 1972 choral work ''

African Sanctus ''African Sanctus'' is a 1972 choral Mass (music), Mass and is the best-known work of United Kingdom, British composer and collector of world musics David Fanshawe. In ''African Sanctus'' the Liturgical use of Latin, Latin Mass is juxtaposed wit ...

''. The song was recorded featuring American-Australian singer

Marcia Hines Marcia Elaine Hines AM (born July 20, 1953) is an American-born Australian singer and TV personality. Hines made her debut, at the age of 16, in the Australian production of the stage musical ''Hair'' and followed with the role of Mary Magdalen ...

and released in March 1988. At the

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, Hines received a nomination for Best Female Artist, losing to

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's '' You've Always Got the Blues''.

Track listing

CD (WEA 7-258054) # "The Lord's Prayer" - 3:08 # "Ring Out the Bells" - 5:00 Vinyl (WEA – 255539-1) # "The Lord's Prayer" - 3:08 # "Cattles Songs From Kenya And Uganda" - 3:00 # "African Lamentation" - 1:02 # "The Lord's Prayer" (Choir Version) - 3:12 # "Only a Star" - 1:52 # "Holy Jesus" - 1:30 # "Ring Out the Bells" - 5:00 # "Spoken Introduction/Ring Out the Bells" - 8:02 # "Ring Out the Bells" (Encore) - 3:26

References

Marcia Hines songs 1972 songs 1988 singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub