How Great Thou Art

One of the greatest hymns ever written was created in 1885 by a 26-year-old Carl Boberg, who wrote the words only of a poem entitled, “O Store Gud," that evolved in the song we know as "How Great Thou Art."

Boberg never intended the song become a hymn, but over the years the poem was read by a number of Christians and the melody added, then additional words.   It was a minister, Stuart K. Hine, who wrote original English words, and made his own arrangement of the Swedish melody.

Lawrence Welk once said it was the most requested song on his television program.

How Great Thou Art has been recorded by such singers as Johnny Cash, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley and a host of individual singers and choruses for decades.

Here it is performed with a nylon string folk guitar and vocal only.