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Little Feet, Be Careful

I washed my hands this morning

Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman
Tune: [I washed my hands this morning]
Published in 66 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I washed my hands this morning,
O very clean and white;
And lent them both to Jesus,
To work for Him till night.

Chorus:
Little feet, be careful,
Where you take me to;
Anything for Jesus
Only let me do.

2 I told my ears to listen
Quite closely all day thro'
For any act of kindness
Such little hands can do. [Chorus]

3 My eyes are set to watch them
About their work or play,
To keep them out of mischief,
For Jesus' sake all day. [Chorus]


Source: Christian Hymns: for every purpose in worship #392

Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman

Pseudonym: Grace Glenn; Lucinda M. Beal Bateman lived in Ionia, Michigan. She wrote A book of rhymes to suit the times published about 1886 by N. Chapin & Son (Chicago); Gleams of gold published about 1889, and The prohibition speaker: a collection of readings, recitations, dialogues, tableux and songs for temperance and prohibition entertainments published in 1889 by Filmore Bros. (Cincinnati). She married Zadoc Henry Bateman in 1875. They had one daughter, Grace. Dianne Shapiro, from "A book of rhymes to suit the times" and "The Genealogy of Dennis Bowen Caskey and Michelle Lynn Smith" (caskey-family.com/genhome, retrieved 7-1-2018)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I washed my hands this morning
Title: Little Feet, Be Careful
Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Little feet, be careful
Publication Date: 1886
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10550
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #10550

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