I'll Be a Sunbeam Want Me for a Sunbeam". The latter version was covered by Nirvana. The hymn was also referenced in the lyrics of the song "Alibi" by Elvis Costello ("Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam?"). I'll Be a Sunbeam "I'll Be a Sunbeam" (also called "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") is a popular children's Christian hymn composed by Nellie Talbot; it is sung to music composed in 1900 by Edwin O. Excell. Due to its age, the hymn has entered the public domain in the United States. Published in Chicago by Excell as hymn number 137 in his "Praises" in
Rhyd-y-groes (hymn tune) 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 used to