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Christ in Song 388

KEEP STEP

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: W. H. Doane

Studio

1In the ser-vice of the heav-en-ly king, we must keep step from the first, Go keep step; step in time;
While you an-swer to the mu-sic of the, When we for-get the pain which the cap-tains have borne, Yet march ev-er- in
His is the cross of the brave that holds all things here; we'll keep step, and we'll keep step all the time.

RefrainKeep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er.

2While you march in the ranks of the, While you march in time with the, While you march in the ranks of the,
When you march in the ranks of the, While you march in time with the, While you march in the ranks of the.

The verse

Meter
23.27.22
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

In the ser-vice of the heav-en-ly king, we must keep step from the first, Go keep step; step in time;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘/////˘/23A
While you an-swer to the mu-sic of the, When we for-get the pain which the cap-tains have borne, Yet march ev-er- in/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘///???27B
His is the cross of the brave that holds all things here; we'll keep step, and we'll keep step all the time.˘˘˘/˘˘/˘///////˘////˘/22A

Verse 2

While you march in the ranks of the, While you march in time with the, While you march in the ranks of the,/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘23A
When you march in the ranks of the, While you march in time with the, While you march in the ranks of the./˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘23A

Refrain

Keep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er, Keep step! keep step! ev-er./////˘/////˘/////˘/////˘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.