As written in Cosmic Chants, this chant is only one section—“I will sing Thy Name, I will drink Thy Name, And get all drunk, oh, with Thy Name.” In SRF contexts it is commonly sung with two other sections, “Om Guru, Om Guru, Om Guru, Om” (as in Om Kali, substituting “Om Guru”) and “O my Guru, come to me…” (as in I Am Om), making three sections in all. A good reference for that kirtan treatment is Brother Devananda’s recording on the album I Will Sing Thy Name. The main tricky part is the pickup: “I will” is the pickup and “sing” is beat 1. To keep it in 4/4, put an extra rest after “drunk, oh, with Thy Name” before going into “Om Guru”; coming back into A, sing “Om Guru Om, I will” so that “I will” falls on beat 4 and its “and,” with “sing” on beat 1.

Song Form

A I will sing Thy Name, I will drink Thy Name, And get all drunk, oh, with Thy Name. x4

B Om Guru, Om Guru, Om Guru, Om x8

C O my Guru, come to me, come to me, o come to me. x4

Notes

• In 4/4. “I will” is an eighth-note pickup into beat 1 on “sing.” Each line is 4 bars in 4/4, so A is 16 bars, B is 32 bars and C is 16 bars as written.

• Natural song form: open on A as the instruments enter and the chant is established; go between A and B as many times as desired; insert C in place of A as desired, using B as a landing spot between the A and C sections.

• Another natural way to do C is: “O my Guru, come to me” x3, then “come to me, o come to me.”

• B can be repeated open any number of times, ideally in multiples of 4, and is a good place for changes in tempo or dynamics.

• In A it can be natural to repeat the second half of the line (“And get all drunk, oh, with Thy Name”) for emphasis once or twice, or as an ending.

• Or, either B or C can be used as endings, repeating several times and getting quieter.

Listen to SRF Recordings

Videos on YouTube

• 2022 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Bro. Devananda)

• 2020 Convocation YSS Monks' Kirtan at Smriti Mandir

• 2023 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (3-hour)

• 2021 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (90-minute)

Audio Recordings

• I Will Sing Thy Name (Sr. Premamayee), from the album Ever New Joy
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• I Will Sing Thy Name (Bro. Devananda), from the album I Will Sing Thy Name
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• I Will Sing Thy Name (Sr. Ishwari), from the album Light the Lamp of Thy Love
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