When I am discouraged and stuck in a depressed mood, these fragments of religious songs either come to me or I reach for them.
Although they are two different songs, I blend them together, singing one right after the other:

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1st song: "King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away"
chorus?

All away.
All away
King Jesus will roll
all burdens away
if to him I pray
[church] He'll open doors for me *
doors I'm unable to see
that's why I say
King Jesus will roll
all burdens away.

*Or "He's open doors for me [what was done in the past
                            will also be done in the present]

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2nd song: "Thank You Jesus"

Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
for my journey.
You brought me
from ah mighty
ah mighty long way.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
for my journey.
You brought me
from a mighty
a mighty long way.
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I received a telephone call from my mother as I was typing this and took that opportunity to ask her about these songs. I was surprised that my mother used a slightly different tune and slower tempo when she sang the "Thank You Jesus" song. She added and "Oh" in the beginning of the line and added this verse that I didn't remember:

Oh, He's been my father
He's been my mother. My sister and brother, too.
Oh, He's been my father
He been my mother. My sister and brother, too
Oh, He's brought me
from a mighty
a mighty long way.

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Both my mother and I confused the "King Jesus Will Roll All Burden Away" song with another song that I have turned to when I am sad,
"His Eyes Are On The Sparrow" [except that sometimes it makes me even more sad}.

Here are the words as I remember them to "His Eyes Are On The Sparrow":

Why should I feel discouraged.
Why should the shadows fall.
Why should my heart be lonely
and long for its heavnly home.
When Jesus is my portion. [fortune?}
A constant friend is He.
His eyes are on the sparrow
and I know He watches me.

I sing because I'm happy.
I sing because I'm free.
His eyes are on the sparrow
and I know He watches me.
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I'm still not sure about title and words to the "King Jesus" song. Maybe Jerry or others here know that song and can post more information about it. BTW,I don't see either of these songs in the African American Permathread.


Azizi