Please look down and see my people through.
Lord, dear Lord of love, God Almighty, God above,
Please look down and see my people through.
I believe the sun and moon will shine up in the sky.
When the day is gray, I know it’s just clouds passing by.
He’ll give peace and comfort to every troubled mind,
Come Sunday, oh come Sunday, that’s the day.
Often we feel weary, but he knows our every care.
Go to Him in secret, He will hear your every prayer.
Lillies on the valley, they neither toil nor spin;
And flowers bloom in Spring and birds sing.
Up from dawn till sunset, man work hard all the day--
Come Sunday, oh come Sunday, that´s the day.
--Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974), African American Jazz composer and musician
The video above features the incomparable Mahalia Jackson.
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