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Count Your Blessings
Public Domain Hymn; Words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. Music by Edwin Excell 1897.
ARTIST: Words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. music by Edwin Excell 1897.
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DATE: Songs for Young People, by Edwin Excell (Chicago, Illinois: 1897).
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Count Your Blessings - Oatman, Johnson/Excell, Edwin O.
Mf - Count Your Workers, Count Them
Johnson, Charles (ed) / One Hundred & One Famous Hymns, Hallberg, Bk (1982), P158
Ives, Burl. I Do Believe, Word WST 8391, LP (196?), trk# A.05
Miller, Sing (James "Sing" Miller). Old Times with Sing Miller, Smokey Mary SM-1975, LP (1975), trk# 12
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SOURCES: Folk Index; Songs for Young People, by Edwin Excell (Chicago, Illinois: 1897).
NOTES: "Count Your Blessings" is a popular public domain hymn with words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. and music by Edwin Excell from Songs for Young People, by Edwin Excell (Chicago, Illinois: 1897).
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. Music by Edwin Excell 1897
When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Refrain: Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.
Refrain
When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings. Wealth can never buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
Refrain
So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
Refrain
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