Christ in Song 252
How I Wish I Knew
Words: Grace CurtoMusic: J. H. Fillmore
1Let me learn that I can do to make your dear Jesus glad; It may seem that I'm too small,
Did you see the colt lv preach-ing they had to it? Did you see the sis-ter they in won-der ex-plained?
RefrainTell me, tell me, tell me, tell me what to do that I may please Je-sus, tell me what to do;
Let me ask, that I might be in the heav-en's blest King, All you ask of Je-sus how I wish I knew.
2Did you hear the moth-er tell-ing her hun-gry to go? Did you hear the fa-ther that they end asked, the corn-ing safe;
Did you hear the dear ones call-ing Christ when they had pray? Did you hear the Lord so gent-ly said?
3How I wish I knew some-thing to do that might be done; How I wish I knew some-thing to do that might be done;
How I wish I knew some-thing wise and good from the East, the mound, may be both s' far from
Let me ask you, tell me what I know? Let me ask you, tell me what I know?
- Words
- Grace Curto
- Music
- J. H. Fillmore
Used by permission of Fillmore Bros.
The verse
- Meter
- 21.24
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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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.