Give Them a Lift

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While going onward through life, with all its trouble and strife

Author: Eugene Wright (1931)
Tune: [While going onward through life, with all its trouble and strife]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 While going onward thru life,
with all its troubles and strife
You'll find many souls who've wandered far astray;
Don't laugh and jeer at their plight,
but lead them into the light
Just give them a life, 'twill help them on their way.

Refrain:
Just give them a lift
Don't push them farther down,
A smile any day better than a frown;
A pat on the back, a good word of cheer,
Will lighten their load, while traveling here
Just give them a lift
'twill help them on their way.

2 We see lost souls in despair, and
burdened heavy with care,
From shore they are drifting farther every day;
Don't turn deaf ears to their plea,
tho' some may leperous be,
Just give them a lift, 'twill help
them on their way. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Saints #116

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Author: Eugene Wright

Eugene H. Wright, of Jasper, Alabama, taught singing schools and served as a staff writer for the Stamps Baxter company. Despite a life cut short by illness, he contributed a large number of lyrics and musical settings to the gospel genre. --Mrs. J.R. Baxter & Videt Polk, Gospel Song Writers Biography (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1971), pp. 302-303. Go to person page >

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First Line:	While going onward through life, with all its trouble and strife
Title:	Give Them a Lift
Author:	Eugene Wright (1931)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Just give them a lift
Copyright:	© 1931, by The Stamps-Baxter Music Co., in "Tuneful Praise"