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Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
Let
not
your
heart
be
troubled, His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
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- Jimmy Witherspoon With the Junior Mance Trio
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Kansas City
- The Spoon Concerts
- The History of American Music: The Blues
- In Person
- At the Renaissance
- The Concerts
- The Perfect Blues Collection
- The Best Of Jazz
- The Jazz Sesssion
- 60 Jazz Hits
- 80 Hits Of Jazz
- The Best Jump Blues
- 30 Jazz Hits
- Gents of Jazz: Male Jazz Singers, Vol. 5
- A Beginners Guide to: Swing
- Kansas City
- Jimmy Witherspoon with the Junoir Mance Trio