Jim,

I'll put in one more and then I'll have to call it quits for tonight. Won't be back at work until Monday night, but maybe if you need something specific Rangeroger can pick up where I'm leaving off for now.

This is my all-time favorite of Josh's spirituals and the one I sang as a memorial for my music partner who died about eight weeks ago.

The blurb with it says:
A song widely associated with Ethel Waters, and the title of her autobiography. Josh recalls singing the old spiritual long before he met Ethel in New York.

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
Trad.

Why should I feel discouraged
And why should the shadows fall
And why should my soul feel lonely
And I dream of a heaven I know
When Jesus is my portal
A constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me
His eye is on the little sparrow
And I know He watches over me

CHORUS:
And I sing because I'm happy
Oh yes, I sing because I'm free
His eye is on that sparrow
And I know He watches over me

Soometimes my way gets cloudy
And sometimes my work seems in vain
Sometimes my soul feels lonely
And the world has me bound down in chains
'Tis then I call on Jesus
He hears me though I, I can't explain
Then donw comes the Holy Spirit
and my soul feels good again
Then Down comes the Holy Spirit
And my sou feels good again

CHORUS:

FINAL ENDING
And I know Jesus watches over me