Sing it away

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If you are troubled, or worried, or sad

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [If you are troubled, or worried, or sad]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 If you are troubled, or worried, or sad,
Sing it away, sing it way;
Sing of the Savior until you are glad,
Sing it away, sing it way.

Refrain:
Sing, sing away, tho’ life’s burdens oppress!
Sing, sing away, never yield to distress!
Jesus will help you if true you will stay,
Sing it, sing it, sing it away.

2 If you are tempted to wander in sin,
Sing it away, sing it way;
If there is shadow without or within,
Sing it away, sing it way. [Refrain]

3 Is there an obstacle blocking the path?
Sing it away, sing it way;
Be not discouraged, and yield not to wrath,
Sing it away, sing it way. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #15

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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