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Millennial Harp 57

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

1Tell me the old, old story, Of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, Of Jesus and His love; Tell me the story simply, As to a little child, For I am weak and weary, And helpless and defiled.

RefrainTell me the old, old story, Tell me the old, old story, Tell me the old, old story, Of Jesus and His love.

2Tell me the story softly, With earnest tones and grave; Remember I'm the sinner Whom Jesus came to save; Tell me the story always, If you would really be, In any time of trouble, A comforter to me.

3Tell me the same old story, When you have cause to fear That this world's empty glory Is costing me too dear; Yes, and when that world's glory Is dawning on my soul, Tell me the old, old story: 'Christ Jesus makes thee whole.'

The verse

Meter: 53
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme: A

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Verse 1

Tell me the old, old story, Of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, Of Jesus and His love; Tell me the story simply, As to a little child, For I am weak and weary, And helpless and defiled./˘˘///˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘???53A

Verse 2

Tell me the story softly, With earnest tones and grave; Remember I'm the sinner Whom Jesus came to save; Tell me the story always, If you would really be, In any time of trouble, A comforter to me./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘52A

Verse 3

Tell me the same old story, When you have cause to fear That this world's empty glory Is costing me too dear; Yes, and when that world's glory Is dawning on my soul, Tell me the old, old story: 'Christ Jesus makes thee whole.'/˘˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘///˘//˘///52A

Refrain

Tell me the old, old story, Tell me the old, old story, Tell me the old, old story, Of Jesus and His love./˘˘///˘/˘˘///˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘˘/27A

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.