Found this on a web site from a Google search, I think the folk tradition has changed some of the words. Plus no sign of the tyrants tremble verse.
Words: Ro­bert Low­ry, 1860.

Music: Ro­bert Low­ry (MI­DI, score). Al­ter­nate tune:

Music by Ira D. Sank­ey (1840-1908) (MI­DI, score)

Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)


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My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentation
I hear the sweet though far off hymn
That hails a new creation:
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?

What though my joys and comforts die?
The Lord my Savior liveth;
What though the darkness gather round!
Songs in the night He giveth:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that refuge clinging;
Since Christ is Lord of Heav'n and earth,
How can I keep from singing?

I lift mine eyes; the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it;
And day by day this pathway smoothes
Since first I learned to love it:
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing:
All things are mine since I am His—
How can I keep from singing?

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I'm guessing Carol got these lyrics from cyberhymnal.org
-Joe Offer-