At Thy Feet
About this chant
This chant is very similar to Door of My Heart in melody, but has a different song form. Each line is repeated twice except for the line "In secret in my soul, I will gather blossoms for Thee" which is only repeated once.
Song Form
A Listen to my soul song, listen to my heart song! x2
B In secret, in my soul, I will gather blossoms for Thee.
C Dipping them in devotion, I will lay them at Thy feet. x2
Notes
Each line is 4 bars in 4/4, so the length of the form is 20 bars.
Be sure to repeat the C section twice in the standard form; it is a common mistake to miss that.
A suitable section to repeat, after doing the standard form several times, is to go from the end of the form back to B and then sing it to the end (in other words, B x1 and C x2 as a repeated loop).
To end the chant, repeating the A section while getting quieter is effective.
Another way to end is to repeat the C section several times, ending on "at Thy feet."
For adept leaders in a kirtan with a cohesive percussion energy that is building, repeating the first half of C 3x followed by the second half of C once can occasionally be used as a section to repeat for emphasis and deepening.
Listen to SRF Recordings
Videos on YouTube
Audio Recordings
At Thy Feet (Bro. Kamalananda), from the album Thy Heart of Hearts
Spotify · Apple Music · TidalAt Thy Feet (Sr. Premamayee), from the album Listen to My Soul Song
Spotify · Apple Music · TidalAt Thy Feet (Sr. Ishwari), from the album Light the Lamp of Thy Love
Spotify · Apple Music · TidalAt Thy Feet (instrumental), from the album I Am the Sky
Spotify · Apple Music · Tidal
Details
Rhythm
In-time chants in 4/4 time signature
Difficulty
1 / 5
Tamboura Key
Em (E, B)