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Christ in Song 252

How I Wish I Knew

Words: Grace CurtoMusic: J. H. Fillmore

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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?

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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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Let me learn that I can do to make your dear Jesus glad; It may seem that I'm too small,/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘///21A
Did you see the colt lv preach-ing they had to it? Did you see the sis-ter they in won-der ex-plained?˘˘/˘/?/˘˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/24B

Verse 2

Did 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;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/27A
Did you hear the dear ones call-ing Christ when they had pray? Did you hear the Lord so gent-ly said?˘˘/˘///˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/22B

Verse 3

How 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;/˘/˘//˘˘˘˘˘˘//˘/˘//˘˘˘˘˘˘/26A
How I wish I knew some-thing wise and good from the East, the mound, may be both s' far from/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘///˘21B
Let me ask you, tell me what I know? Let me ask you, tell me what I know?/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/18C

Refrain

Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me what to do that I may please Je-sus, tell me what to do;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘˘22A
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./˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/24A

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.