103. Keep Thou the Door of My Lips

1 Keep Thou the door of my lips, O Lord,
For this I ask today;
Let me be brave to speak the truth
In all the words I say.

2 Help me to speak kind words to all
When at my work and play;
May only words that please Thee, Lord,
Fall from my lips today.

Text Information
First Line: Keep Thou the door of my lips
Title: Keep Thou the Door of My Lips
Author: Effie C. Hill
Language: English
Publication Date: 1964
Topic: Prayer
Source: Children's Melodies, Leyda Publ. Co., Wapello, Iowa
Copyright: © 1916 by Ida F. Leyda. Used by permission of Emma S. Dietz, Chicago
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Keep Thou the door of my lips]
Composer: Helen M. Browne
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Children's Melodies, Leyda Publ. Co., Wapello, Iowa
Copyright: © 1916 by Ida F. Leyda. Used by permission of Emma S. Dietz, Chicago
Notes: Public Domain



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