Spirit Cadenza Mix
Spirit Cadenza Mix
The band, Acoustic Nun™, was an existantless early 70s group of syncopations contributed by the Trinity, the muse of all glorified music, and the Nun. Though never dormant, the songs oscillated between passé and present but forever love and praise.
Recorded here are Acoustic Nun™ copywritten songs then and now. Also covers of Nun’s favorite public domain hymns.
“Sing to him a new song, play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.” Psalm 33:3
Acoustic Nun: Original Songs
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: There You Are Lyrics and Music 1974, copyright 2022 R. Joe Dieleman Guitar and Voice: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion Garage Band Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: Sezin M. Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: John 14:15-17 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Adam’s Lament (Minding The Island) Lyrics and Music:1975, copyright 2023 R. Joe Dieleman Guitar, Voice, Organ, Rain Stick: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion Garage Band Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: Sezin M. Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Genesis 3:15 “I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers. He will crush your head and you will bruise his heal.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Hugging Emotion (Touching His Face) Lyrics and Music: 1976, copyright 2025 R. Joe Dieleman Voice: R. Joe Dieleman Guitar: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion Garage Band Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: John Borst Biblical Inspiration: Isaiah 53:3 “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Too Much Weirdness: Lyrics and Music: R. Joe Dieleman Copyright 2025 Voice: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: R. Joe Dieleman Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Psalm 2:1-4 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.” The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Unveiled: Lyrics and Music: R. Joe Dieleman Copyright 2025 Voice, Guitar, Piano, Flute, Keyboard :R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: John 3:8 Jesus said; the wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Mourning To Dancing Lyrics and Music: R. Joe Dieleman Copyright 2026 Voice, Guitar, Keyboard :R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: R. Joe Dieleman Mix: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Psalm 30:11 “You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Dear Beloved Lyrics and Music: R. Joe Dieleman Copyright 2026 Voice, Guitar, Bass: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Guitar Band Song Mix : R. Joe Dieleman Cover Art: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Song of Songs 6:3 “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; They browse among the lilies
Acoustic Nun: Covers of Public Domain Hymns
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: attr. to W. B. Stevens; by Barney E. Warren, pub.1911. Public Domain Guitar, Keyboard, Harmonica, Vocals:R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Mix/ Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Isaiah 46:10 “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Author: Ira B. Wilson 1909; Public Domain Music: George S. Schuler Copyrights Words: © 1924, Renewed 1952 Word Music Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Song: Sarah Flower Adams (1841) Public Domain Music: John Bacchus Dykes Alternative Lyrics: R. Joe DIeleman Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals, Harmonica:R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Cover Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Hebrews 10:22-23 “Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds..”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Title: Life's Railway to Heaven Author: M. E. Abbey Publication Date:1891 Copyright: Public Domain Song (music & lyrics): M.E. Abbey (1891) Cover Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Train Whistle: Soleil Lopez Biblical Inspiration: Hebrews 12:1-2a “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…”
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Title: Away in a Manger Author: vs. 1&2 Anonymous (1885) vs. 3 John T. McFarland (1892) Publication Date:1892 Copyright: Public Domain Song (music & lyrics): Unknown Cover Art: R. Joe Dieleman Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Cello: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band Biblical Inspiration: Luke 2:12 “And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.””
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Title: Amazing Grace Author: John Newton Publication Date: 1779 Copyright: Public Domain Song (music & lyrics): John Newton Cover Art: Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard Bass & Organ, Harmonica: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Garage Band MIX by R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Ephesians 2:8-10 it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Band: Acoustic Nun™ Title: Poor Wayfaring Stranger Author: Verses 1&2 Anonymous, Verses 3,4,5,6 R.Joe Dieleman Publication Date: Unknown Copyright: Verses 1&2 Public Domain, Original Verses 3,4,5,6 Randall J Dieleman 2026 Cover Art: Photo: R. Joe Dieleman Mix / Arrangement: R. Joe Dieleman Instruments: Guitar, shaker, bongos, piano, voices: R. Joe Dieleman Percussion: Percussion: Garage Band & R. Joe Dieleman Biblical Inspiration: Biblical Inspiration: Psalm 39:12. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace from my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
Psalm 42:11 Why are you cast down, Oh soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in the Lord; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God