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Christ in Song 385

MASTER, HAST THOU WORK FOR ME

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1Mas-ter, hast thou work for me? I would glad-ly toil for thee;
I have nei-ther strength nor skill, Yet in ways that seem most right,
I would glad-ly do thy will, I would glad-ly do thy will.

RefrainYes, some place I long to fill, That my hands are small and weak, I look
Know that with-out thee, my ways I ne-ver serve thee, no. I'm kind!
Heart and hands to thee I bring, Let me serve thee, no, I'm kind!

2Let me learn what thou wilt teach, Let me go where thou dost call;
Let me speak, if thou dost bid, If thou bid me here to stay,
Let me go if thou dost call, Let me go if thou dost call.

3Mas-ter, I would glad-ly bring All my life, my all to thee;
Thou hast giv-en all for me, I would glad-ly give to thee,
All my life, my all to thee, All my life, my all to thee.

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The verse

Meter
14.14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Mas-ter, hast thou work for me? I would glad-ly toil for thee;/˘///˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/14A
I have nei-ther strength nor skill, Yet in ways that seem most right,˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘///14B
I would glad-ly do thy will, I would glad-ly do thy will.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘14C

Verse 2

Let me learn what thou wilt teach, Let me go where thou dost call;/˘/˘////˘/////14A
Let me speak, if thou dost bid, If thou bid me here to stay,/˘/˘///˘//˘/˘/14B
Let me go if thou dost call, Let me go if thou dost call./˘/˘////˘/˘///14A

Verse 3

Mas-ter, I would glad-ly bring All my life, my all to thee;/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Thou hast giv-en all for me, I would glad-ly give to thee,///˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/14A
All my life, my all to thee, All my life, my all to thee./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A

Refrain

Yes, some place I long to fill, That my hands are small and weak, I look///˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
Know that with-out thee, my ways I ne-ver serve thee, no. I'm kind!/˘˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//15B
Heart and hands to thee I bring, Let me serve thee, no, I'm kind!/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//14B

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.