When I Survey the Wondrous Cross' - Roots Worship Collective

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross was written by Isaac Watts in 1707. We are using the melody from a traditional Scottish folk song that's been around since the 1600's called "The Water is Wide". We wanted to keep this beautiful melody in tact for the most part, and also use the refrain by Chris Thomlin, (also by Jesse Reeves) to have something to come back to and hang on melodically. It can be a bit tricky coming out of the chorus because the two parts are very different, so we use the instrumental to change gears. Randy, Rod, Rachel, Bernie and Mavis are singing this one, trying to keep cool in the top of the stairwell, it was really hot that day.