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19. Keep the Heart Singing

1 We may lighten toil and care,
Or a heavy burden share,
With a word, a kindly deed, or sunny smile;
We may girdle day and night
With a halo of delight,
If we keep the heart singing all the while.

Chorus:
Keep the heart singing all the while;
Make the world brighter with a smile;
Keep the song ringing! lonely hours we may beguile,
If we keep the heart singing all the while.

2 If His love is in the soul,
And we yield to His control,
Sweetest music will the lonely hours beguile;
We may drive the clouds away,
Cheer and bless the darkest day,
If we keep the heart singing all the while. [Chorus]

3 How a word of love will cheer,
Kindle hope, and banish fear,
Soothe a pain, or take away the sting of guile;
Oh, how much we all may do,
In the world we travel thro',
If we keep the heart singing all the while. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: We may lighten toil and care
Title: Keep the Heart Singing
Author: C. H. G.
Refrain First Line: Keep the heart singing all the while
Publication Date: 1907
Tune Information
Name: [We may lighten toil and care]
Composer: Chas. H. Gabriel
Key: A♭ Major



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