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Christ in Song 2

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

Words: Miss Kate HankeyMusic: W. H. Doane

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1Tell me the old, old sto - ry, Of unseen things a - bove, Of Je - sus and his glo - ry, Of Je - sus and his love; Tell me the sto - ry slow - ly, That I may take it in— That won - der - ful re - demp-tion, God's rem - e - dy for sin.

RefrainTell me the old, old sto - ry, Tell me the old, old sto - ry, Tell me the old, old sto - ry Of Je - sus and his love.

2Tell me the sto - ry soft - ly, With ear - nest tones and grave; Re - mem - ber I'm the sin - ner Whom Je - sus came to save; Tell me the sto - ry al - ways, If you would real - ly be, In an - y time of trou - ble, A com - fort - er to me.

3Tell me the same old sto - ry, When you have cause to fear That this world's emp - ty glo - ry Is cost - ing me too dear; Yes, and when that world's glo - ry Is dawn - ing on my soul, Tell me the old, old sto - ry: 'Christ Je - sus makes thee whole.'

Scripture
Mark 5:19

Used by permission

The verse

Meter
52
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Tell me the old, old sto - ry, Of unseen things a - bove, Of Je - sus and his glo - ry, Of Je - sus and his love; Tell me the sto - ry slow - ly, That I may take it in— That won - der - ful re - demp-tion, God's rem - e - dy for sin./˘˘///˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/52A

Verse 2

Tell me the sto - ry soft - ly, With ear - nest tones and grave; Re - mem - ber I'm the sin - ner Whom Je - sus came to save; Tell me the sto - ry al - ways, If you would real - ly be, In an - y time of trou - ble, A com - fort - er to me./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘52A

Verse 3

Tell me the same old sto - ry, When you have cause to fear That this world's emp - ty glo - ry Is cost - ing me too dear; Yes, and when that world's glo - ry Is dawn - ing on my soul, Tell me the old, old sto - ry: 'Christ Je - sus makes thee whole.'/˘˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘///˘//˘///52A

Refrain

Tell me the old, old sto - ry, Tell me the old, old sto - ry, Tell me the old, old sto - ry Of Je - sus and his love./˘˘///˘/˘˘///˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘˘/27A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.