Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP "Dying for It". It is a parody on the Christian children's hymn, "I'll Be a Sunbeam," which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." The song was little-known outside the indie-pop scene until Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993. The song released on the album and the DVD for their live acoustic "MTV Unplugged in New York" was titled "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" . The Vaselines re-released
Rhyd-y-groes (hymn tune) pit head. Rhyd-y-groes (hymn tune) Rhyd-y-groes or Rhydygroes is a popular Welsh Christian hymn tune composed by the American-born organist, conductor and composer Thomas David Edwards (1874-1930). Although Edwards wrote many compositions, Rhyd-y-groes, written in 1902 immediately before the Welsh Revival, remains the one for which he is best known. The dramatic minor key tune is almost invariably used to set the text "Duw mawr y rhyfeddodau maith", a Welsh translation, by Joseph Harris (Gomer), of "Great God of wonders" by the Presbyterian minister Samuel Davies. The English words are usually set to the hymn tune "Huddersfield". Rhyd-y-groes is occasionally