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Christ in Song 250

Two Little Hands

Words: ModerateMusic: Wm. A. Dressler

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1Two lit-tle hands to work for Je-sus, Our lit-tle tongues His praise to tell, Two lit-tle ears to hear His mes-sage,
Two lit-tle lips to do His will, Two lit-tle eyes to read His sto-ry, Two lit-tle hearts to love Him best.

RefrainWork-ing for Je-sus, work-ing for Je-sus, Lord, we come, Lord, we come, In our child-hood's ear-ly morning;
Work-ing for Je-sus, work-ing for Je-sus, God will bless, Lord, we come.
Just as we are, just as we are, God is love.

2Two lit-tle feet to walk His path-way, Two lit-tle minds to think His will,
Two lit-tle souls to give Him glo-ry, Two lit-tle hearts to love Him still.

Used by permission of Lorenz & Cook, publisher.

The verse

Meter
27.25
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 51% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Two lit-tle hands to work for Je-sus, Our lit-tle tongues His praise to tell, Two lit-tle ears to hear His mes-sage,//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘27A
Two lit-tle lips to do His will, Two lit-tle eyes to read His sto-ry, Two lit-tle hearts to love Him best.//˘/˘˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/25B

Verse 2

Two lit-tle feet to walk His path-way, Two lit-tle minds to think His will,//˘/˘/˘////˘/˘/˘˘17A
Two lit-tle souls to give Him glo-ry, Two lit-tle hearts to love Him still.//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/17A

Refrain

Work-ing for Je-sus, work-ing for Je-sus, Lord, we come, Lord, we come, In our child-hood's ear-ly morning;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘25A
Work-ing for Je-sus, work-ing for Je-sus, God will bless, Lord, we come./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/16B
Just as we are, just as we are, God is love./˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/11C

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.