Down in My Heart

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He gives me joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart

Author: Thoro Harris (1929)
Tune: [I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart]
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1 He gives me joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart,
Down in my heart, down in my heart;
He gives me joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart.
Glory to His name

2 For Christ Himself is dwelling.

3 And I love Jesus, Jesus.

4 The fire is brightly burning.

5 He keeps me singing, singing.

6 The kingdom’s coming, coming.

Source: Songs of Summerland #118

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Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	He gives me joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart
Title:	Down in My Heart
Author:	Thoro Harris (1929)
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	Public Domain