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Text:Keep the Household Angels Singing
Author:Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune:[Keep the household angels singing, singing]
Composer:William J. Kirkpatrick
Media:MIDI file

684. Keep the Household Angels Singing

1 Keep the household angels singing, singing;
Keep the pleasant music ringing, ringing;
Gentle love and cheerfulness
Shall our happy firesides bless;
Keep the household angels singing.

Refrain:
’Tis love that makes the home so happy,
Love that makes the home so bright;
With all her sister angels
Arrayed in heav’nly light,
’Tis love, love that makes the home so bright.

2 Joyful be our voices singing, singing;
Hearts with grateful music ringing, ringing;
Daily trials, daily care,
Patience shows us how to bear;
Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain]

3 Words of truth and kindness singing, singing;
Help to one another bringing, bringing;
Having charity for all,
Trusting God, whate’er befall,
Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Keep the household angels singing, singing
Title: Keep the Household Angels Singing
Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Refrain First Line: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy
Meter: 10.10.7.7.8 R
Scripture:
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing); Hope Publishing Company, Pentecostal Hymns: Five and Six, 1911 (190)
Tune Information
Name: [Keep the household angels singing, singing]
Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1903)
Meter: 10.10.7.7.8 R
Key: C Major
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing); Hope Publishing Company, Pentecostal Hymns: Five and Six, 1911 (190)



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing.pdf
(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing)
MIDI file: Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing.mid
(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing)
XML score: Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing.xml
(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing)

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