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Text:If Your Heart Keeps Right
Author:Lizzie DeArmond
Tune:[If the dark shadows gather as you go along]
Composer:Bentley DeForest Ackley
Media:MIDI file

3198. If Your Heart Keeps Right

1. If the dark shadows gather as you go along,
Do not grieve for their coming; sing a cheery song.
There is joy for the taking; it will soon be light.
Ev’ry cloud wears a rainbow if your heart keeps right.

Refrain
If your heart keeps right,
If your heart keeps right,
There’s a song of gladness in the darkest night.
If your heart keeps right,
If your heart keeps right,
Ev’ry cloud will wear a rainbow,
If your heart keeps right.

2. Is your life just a tangle full of toil and care?
Smile a bit as you journey, others’ burdens share.
You’ll forget all your troubles, making their lives bright.
Skies will grow blue and sunny, if your heart keeps right. [Refrain]

3. There are blossoms of gladness, ’neath the winter’s snow.
From the gloom and the darkness come the morning glow.
Never give up the battle, you will win the fight;
Gain the rest of the Victor, if your heart keeps right. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: If the dark shadows gather as you go along
Title: If Your Heart Keeps Right
Author: Lizzie DeArmond (1912)
Refrain First Line: If your heart keeps right
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [If the dark shadows gather as you go along]
Composer: Bentley DeForest Ackley
Incipit: 34516 53123 45617
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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