Lyr Add: Precious Lord, Take My Hand (T Dorsey)

Subject: Lyr Add: PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND (T Dorsey)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Sep 13 - 04:32 PM

Lyr. Add: PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND
Attrib. to Thomas A. Dorsey; but possibly older.

1
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I am tired, I am weak, and worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light.
Take my hand, precious Lord,
Lead me home.
2
When my way grows drear,
Precious Lord, lead me near
When my life is almost gone
Hear my cry, hear my call
Hold my hand, lest I fall
Take my hand, precious Lord.
3
When the darkness appears
And the night draws near
And the day is past and gone
At the river I stand
Guide my feet, hold my hand
Take my hand, precious Lord.

This version at www.authentichistory.com/1600-1859/3-spirituals/.
The great voice of Clara Ward may be heard singing this hymn here.

The DT has words and music of the version by Thomas A Dorsey.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Sep 13 - 05:20 PM

The hymn I was thinking of is not close to Dorsey's, the song seems original with him.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 10 Sep 13 - 05:43 PM

Dian James and the Greenbriar Boys did a nice bluegrassed version of this song too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
From: GUEST,Autoharper
Date: 10 Sep 13 - 05:45 PM

Thomas A. Dorsey composed "Precious Lord" his classic and most famous song, in the grief following the death of his first wife in childbirth in 1932.

-Adam Miller