How to Play A Child's Prayer on the 12 Hole Ocarina

About A Child’s Prayer

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A Child’s Prayer is a Primary song, written for children by Janice Kapp Perry. It asks whether Heavenly Father really hears a child’s prayers, then answers with a gentle reassurance, and it carries a good message about prayer that suits young singers and grown-ups alike.

The tab covers eight lines with the words written under the notes, so it is easy to follow along while someone sings. It reaches from C up to high Eb and uses three flats along the way: Bb, Eb and the high Eb. The middle Eb is played by closing one of the small sub-holes, and the top of the melody opens the thumb holes for high D and high Eb, so take those passages slowly the first few times.

A Child’s Prayer Lyrics

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Heavenly Father, Are you really there?
And do you hear and answer every child’s prayer?
Some say that heaven is far away
But I feel it close around me as I pray.
Heavenly Father I remember now
Something that Jesus told his disciples long ago
Suffer the children to come to me
Father, in prayer I’m coming now to thee

A Child’s Prayer Ocarina Tab

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