A Smile in the Heart

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Keep a smile in your heart

Author: Birdie Bell
Tune: [Keep a smile in your heart]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Keep a smile in your heart,
Wear a smile on your face,
As you journey along the way;
And the glom will depart,
For the beauty and grace,
With a glory will gild the sky.

Refrain:
For a smile in the life
And a smile on the face,
Will tell of the Father’s love,
And a gladness impart,
With a beauty and grace,
Life the sunshine that comes from above.

2 There’s a warmth in a smile
Like the sunshine above,
And it carries a thought of cheer;
For a heart ‘twill beguile
With its message of love,
And the shadows will disappear. [Refrain]

3 Have a smile in your heart
And your life will be glad,
You can brighten another’s way;
For a joy ‘twill impart
To the one who is sad,
And the Father’s own love display. [Refrain]

Source: Uplifting Songs #7

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Author: Birdie Bell

C. Louise Bell, also known a Birdie Bell, was born, raised and lived in New York city. She began writing hymns when she was sixteen years old. She is the author of more than 500 hymns, 200 religious poems, and 200 Christmas and Easter lyrics, as well as short stories, and articles. She wrote under the name of Birdie Bell, which is what her family called her. 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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First Line:	Keep a smile in your heart
Title:	A Smile in the Heart
Author:	Birdie Bell
Refrain First Line:	For a smile in the life
Publication Date:	1917
Copyright:	Public Domain