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Text:Nobody Knows But Jesus
Author:D. B. T.
Tune:[Have I burdens hard to bear?]
Composer:D. B. Towner

63. Nobody Knows But Jesus

1 Have I burdens hard to bear?
Nobody knows but Jesus,
Who doth all my sorrows share,
Nobody knows but Jesus.

Chorus:
Nobody knows, nobody knows,
Nobody knows but Jesus.
Nobody knows, nobody knows,
Nobody knows but Jesus.

2 How my soul is freed from care,
Nobody knows but Jesus,
When I go to him in prayer,
Nobody knows but Jesus. [Chorus]

3 How to send a cheering ray,
Nobody knows but Jesus,
Turning darkness into day,
Nobody knows but Jesus. [Chorus]

4 How I long to see his face,
Nobody knows but Jesus,
How he fills me with his grace,
Nobody knows but Jesus. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Have I burdens hard to bear?
Title: Nobody Knows But Jesus
Author: D. B. T.
Refrain First Line: Nobody knows, nobody knows
Language: English
Publication Date: 1883
Scripture:
Copyright: Copyright, 1883, by D. B. Towner.
Notes: Now Public Domain. "He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows."—Isaiah 53: 4.
Tune Information
Name: [Have I burdens hard to bear?]
Composer: D. B. Towner
Incipit: 13317 22221 72211
Key: F Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1883, by D. B. Towner.
Notes: Public Domain.



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