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Thread #5745   Message #32918
Posted By: JVZ
19-Jul-98 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Subject: Lyr Add: HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW (Martin/Gabriel
Well, Kathleen, a good place to find such songs is the cyberhymnal at http://tch.simplenet.com/Default.htm You will find not only the lyrics but also it will play the tune and you can read about the songwriter. Anyway, here are the lyrics you requested:

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
Words: Civilla Durfee Martin
Music: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Refrain:
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

"Let not your heart be troubled," His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Refrain

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Refrain