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Thread #74500   Message #1400556
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
06-Feb-05 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Have I Given Anything Today?
Subject: RE: BS: Have I Given Anything Today?
O.K., Guest:

These are the words to Help For The Needy. I'll also post the lyrics up above..

Have I given anything today?
Have I helped some needy soul on my way?
Just to know I've done my best
Let me go home to take my rest
Then my name, my name, my name be written there today

CHORUS:

   Today (oh today) Today (oh today)
   Have I helped some needy soul on my way
   Just to know I've done my best
   Let me go home to take my rest
   Then my name, my name, my name be written there today

Have I given anything today?
Have I helped some needy soul on my way?
From the storm to the sun
Have I wounded anyone?
To weep a weep a weep or worry Lord, today

The way the song is sung is that the tenor sing the first verse, and the bass sings the second, with an interchange of each verse a couple of times. The harmony answers (oh today), but otherwise just keeps rhythm and harmony going with do-doots. We learned the song from the Fairfield Four, as I mentioned above.

Jerry