This is the end of the year when this evergreen song should lift our spirit with the message of love and prayers embedded in the lyrics that makes it the song of the SEASON. It was a hymn that was sung at the end of each year by all CAC churches but we added only two verses to the original composition", which means one can’t really point at the writer of the song but the Good women Choir made it famous. Mrs Deborah Fasoyin whose face as the leader gained prominence says " It is actually a CAC composition which dates back to the early 1940s. ![]() The Music Group hit the Jackpot with the release of ' Odun Nlo Sopin' as the song survives music test of time and maintains relevance till date. ![]() The Choir had released its first album 'Hallelujah' in 1977 before the Inspiration to turn a regular song in Church to evergreen came in 1979. The CAC Good Women Choir was established in 1975 at one of the Christ Apostolic Churches (CAC), in Ibadan with about 210 female members of the Church forming the Group. " Odun lo sopin o (This year is coming to an end) Baba rere (Good God) Baba Ma somi o (Oh Lord guide us) Tomotomo (And our children) Ohun ti o pa mi lekun o (Sorrow and sadness) Lodun titun (In the new year) Ma je ko sele simi o Baba rere (Will not be our portion good God)". In 1979, the CAC Good Women Choir released one of the greatest evergreen songs in Nigerian music history, 'Odun Nlo Sopin' which gives message of hope,love and prayers to all who listens to it when played.
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