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Text: | Why Should I? |
Author: | Mrs. J. F. Moser |
Tune: | [Behold the feathered fowls of air] |
Arranger: | Herbert G. Tovey |
Composer: | Andrew Aragona |
1 Behold the feathered fowls of air!
They do not know one anxious care;
They do not worry, fret, and sigh,
And doubt the Lord. Then why should I?
Then why should I be filled with fear
And anxious care, when God is near?
The sparrows do not grieve and cry
And doubt the Lord.
Then why should I?
2 Behold the lilies, how they grow
As pure and white as winter’s snow!
They do not on themselves rely;
For God doth all their need supply.
Then why should I be filled with fear
And anxious care, when God is near?
The lilies do not grieve and cry
And doubt the Lord.
Then why should I?
3 Then I will seek God’s kingdom first;
And He will feed, and quench my thirst;
If flow’rs on earth, and birds on high,
Receive His care,—then why not I?
No more will I be filled with fear
And anxious care, when God is near.
He cares for all the birds that fly,
Then never doubt.
Then why should I?
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First Line: | Behold the feathered fowls of air |
Title: | Why Should I? |
Author: | Mrs. J. F. Moser |
Refrain First Line: | Then why should I be filled with fear |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1929 |
Copyright: | 1927 by Andrew Aragona |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Behold the feathered fowls of air] |
Composer: | Andrew Aragona |
Arranger: | Herbert G. Tovey |
Copyright: | 1927 by Andrew Aragona |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
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