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{{ill|Markus Pytlik|de}} wrote "{{lang|de|Möge die Straße uns zusammenführen|italic=no}}" in 1988, in an effort to express faith in contemporary texts and music in a genre later known as [[Neues Geistliches Lied]] (NGL).<ref name="Evangelium" /> He said that he returned from vacation in Ireland in 1988 with souvenirs including a postcard with the [[Toast (honor)#Traditional toasts|Irish travel blessing]] "May the road rise to meet you", and a booklet of other Irish toasts. He tried to set the translated travel blessing to music, but realised that the text was too long for a [[Round (music)|round]], and too short for a song. He therefore wrote it as a first stanza, and added thoughts from the other toasts, using the end of the blessing as a refrain.<ref name="Evangelium" /><ref name="EKD" />
Pytlik wrote an English version at the same time. The song was first performed in groups, later distributed in photocopies. It became known all over Germany.<ref name="Evangelium" /> The song was included in regional sections of the German Catholic hymnal ''[[Gotteslob]]'', such as GL
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The melody is not inspired by Irish models but Pytlik's invention.<ref name="Evangelium" /> Set in [[F major]] and [[common time]], it features many lively eighth-notes. Lines 3 and 4 are very similar to lines 1 and 2. The refrain begins differently in lines 5 and 6, but the repetition of the text (lines 7 and 8) is repeated to exactly the melody of 3 and 4.<ref name="Schmidt-Eggert" />
The song is used particularly in situations of departure and separation, including the end of gatherings and even funerals.<ref name="Schmidt-Eggert" /> A YouTube video of Die Priester reached millions of views.<ref name="Evangelium" /><ref>{{YouTube|jitSoszyAh4|Die Priester - Möge die Straße}}</ref> The song title became the title of choral settings of similar songs.<ref name="Strube" /> In a 2021 survey
== References ==
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