Will It Do, Precious Lord?

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Lord, how well do I know I'll have little to show

Author: Albert E. Brumley
Tune: [Lord, how well do I know I'll have little to show]
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1 Lord, how well do I know I'll have little to show
When this long toilsome journey is thru;
Just a form that is bent from the years I have spent,
Will it do, precious Lord, will it do?

Refrain:
Will it do when I come to the end of the way,
My trophies are few, but Lord I can say
That I've tried to be honest and I've tried to be true,
Will it do, precious Lord, will it do?

2 Oft my grief, oft my care seem too heavy to bear
And my friends may be counted as few;
If my heart still is right when I stand in Thy sight,
Will it do, precious Lord, will it do? [Refrain]

3 Will my two weary feet and my work-hardened hands
Be enough when I pass in review;
If I work, if I pray till the end of the way,
Will it do, precious Lord, will it do? [Refrain]

Source: Melodies of Love #113

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Author: Albert E. Brumley

Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord, how well do I know I'll have little to show
Title:	Will It Do, Precious Lord?
Author:	Albert E. Brumley
Refrain First Line:	Will it do when I come to the end of the way
Copyright:	© 1956 by Stamps Baxter Music and Printing Co.