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Text: | How Can I Keep from Singing |
Author: | Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 |
Tune: | HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING |
Composer: | Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 |
Harmonizer: | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 |
1 My life flows on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentation.
I hear the real though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I’m clinging.
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing?
2 Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing;
It sounds and echoes in my soul;
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
3 What, though my joys and comfort die,
The Lord, my savior liveth.
What though the darkness gather 'round?
Songs in the night it giveth. [Refrain]
4 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing.
All things are mine since I am his;
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My life flows on in endless song |
Title: | How Can I Keep from Singing |
Author: | Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 |
Refrain First Line: | No storm can shake my inmost calm |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Christ the King: Year C; Confidence; Hope(10 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING |
Composer: | Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 |
Harmonizer: | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 with refrain |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1988, GIA Publications, Inc. |