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I'll Be Obedient, Watch and See

I'm asked to help when I want to play

Author: Anonymous
Tune: SKIP TO MY LOU
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I’m asked to help when I want to play,
I’m asked to help when I want to play;
I’m asked to help when I want to play,
Jesus had it the very same way.

Refrain:
I’ll be obedient, watch and see,
I’ll be obedient, watch and see;
I’ll be obedient, watch and see,
Jesus will give me the victory.

2 Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
Knew which way was right to go;
By their obedience we can see
Jesus will give me the victory. [Refrain]

3 When Satan tells me to do some wrong,
I will not argue, for he’s too strong;
I’ll run to Jesus, and there I’ll stay,
For by His pow’r I then can say:

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Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: I'm asked to help when I want to play
Title: I'll Be Obedient, Watch and See
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 9.9.9.9 D
Language: English
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