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PRAYER

WHEN I LOOK UP TO YONDER SKY
SO PURE, SO BRIGHT, SO VERY HIGH
I THINK OF ONE I CANNOT SEE
BUT ONE WHO SEES AND CARES FOR ME.
HE SEES THAT MY DAILY FOOD IS PROVIDED
AND ALL THAT I CAN WANT BESIDE.
AND WHEN I CLOSE MY SLEEPING EYES
I REST IN PEACE FOR HE IS THINE.
THEN SHALL I ALWAYS EVER LOVE
THIS GRACIOUS GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE.
FOR VERY GOOD INDEED IS HE
TO LOVE A LITTLE CHILD LIKE ME.

Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief
BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 00001970S

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