The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2852   Message #12728
Posted By: Joe Offer
21-Sep-97 - 03:35 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Give Me Oil in my Lamp
Subject: ADD: Give me Oil in my Lamp
There's a song in the "Rise Up Singing" songbook that goes like this:

Give Me Oil in My Lamp


Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning;
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray.
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning;
Keep me burning til the break of day.
[chorus]Sing Hosanna! (3 times) to the King of Kings(repeat)

Give me truth as my guide, keep me seeking...
Give me joy in my soul, keep me shining...
Give me love in my life, keep me sharing...
Give me umption in my gumption, help me function...
(and for applepickers, for some reason)Give me strength in my arms, keep me picking....keep me picking til the end of day.

They say this song is in the Quaker songbook. I wonder where I could get a copy of that....
-Joe Offer-