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Thread #127742 Message #2856548
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Mar-10 - 04:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: It's a Blessing (Fred McDowell)
Subject: ADD: It's a blessing - Maria Muldaur
Here's the Maria Muldaur version, which is much easier to understand:
IT'S A BLESSING
(as recorded by Maria Muldaur)
I am marching every day,
I'm meeting trials on my way
Short of blessings but I'm going on
Just the same.
Folks complaining On every side,
Except me, Lord, I'm satisfied.
It's a blessing just to call
My savior's name.
I don't worry And I don't fret
Not so easy To Forget
I just pray, And count my blessings
Every day.
If misfortune break my heart,
I just take it For my part
It's a blessing just to call
My Savior's name.
It's a blessing just to live
It's a blessing just to give
It's a blessing to be present
In this land.
Matters not how bad at first
Just remember, it could be worse,
It's a blessing just to call
My Savior's name.
[instrumental break]
Folks complaining On every side,
Except me, Lord, I'm satisfied.
It's a blessing just to call
My savior's name.
Transcribed by ear from the 2001 Maria Muldaur CD, Richland Woman Blues