Timeless Truths ‎#526

526. 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.

Refrain:
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. [Refrain]

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 through,
If we keep the heart singing all the while. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: We may lighten toil and care
• Title: Keep the Heart Singing
• Author: C. H. G. (1902)
• Refrain First Line: Keep the heart singing all the while
• Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.10.8.8.12.10
• Scripture:
  Psalm 28:7
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Heart_Singing); Review and Herald Publishing Association, The Gospel in Song, 1926 (103)

Tune Information

• Name: [We may lighten toil and care]
• Composer: Charles H. Gabriel (1902)
• Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.10.8.8.12.10
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Heart_Singing); Review and Herald Publishing Association, The Gospel in Song, 1926 (103)