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Text:He Knows it All
Author:Unknown
Tune:[He knows the bitter, weary way]
Composer:E. S. Lorenz

198. He Knows it All

1 He knows the bitter, weary way,
The endless striving day by day,
The souls that weep, the souls that pray—
He knows it all.

Refrain:
He knows it all!
The bitter, weary way;
Oh, souls that weep,
Oh, souls that pray,
He knows it all.

2 He knows how hard the fight has been,
The clouds that come our lives between,
The wounds the world has never seen—
He knows it all. [Refrain]

3 He knows when faint and worn we sink,
How deep the pain, how near the brink
Of dark despair we pause and shrink—
He knows it all. [Refrain]

4 He knows! oh, tho’t so full of bliss!
For tho’ on earth our joys we miss,
We still can bear it, feeling this—
He knows it all. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: He knows the bitter, weary way
Title: He Knows it All
Author: Unknown
Refrain First Line: He knows it all!
Publication Date: 1908
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [He knows the bitter, weary way]
Composer: E. S. Lorenz
Notes: Public Domain.



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