How About You

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How well do I remember, How Jesus brought me through

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey (1930)
Tune: [How well do I remember]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 How well do I remember How Jesus brought me through,
I prayed and walked the floor a night or two;
I said, Lord, take and use me, that's all I can do,
And I gave my heart to Jesus, How about you?

Refrain:
How about you? How about you?
I hope my Saviour is your Saviour too;
I said, Lord, take and use me.
That's all that I can do,
and I gave my heart to Jesus,
How about you?

2 When the shadows overtake me, And trouble starts to brew,
When I have done the best that I can do
My best friends talk about me, Sometimes my kinfolks, too;
But I can take it all to Jesus, How about you? [Refrain]

3 Lord, make my journey brighter, and my burden lighter,
Help me to do good wherever I can.
Although my friends forsake me, and trouble comes to distress me,
Jesus hold me in the hollow of Thy hand.

4 Over there I'll meet my mother, And see my father, too;
And we'll talk about the things we used to do.
Then some friend will ask me: "How did you make it through?"
I came through tribulation, How about you?

Source: Spiritual Songs and Worship Hymnal #171-2

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Author: Thomas A. Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, a small rural town near Atlanta, Georgia. In 1919 he moved to Chicago. Most of his musical training was in the church, but he also studied and played jazz and blues. He later combined jazz and blues with religious texts, giving birth to gospel music. In 1931, along with Magnolia Lewis-Butts and Theodore Roosevelt Frye, he established the first gospel choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Chicago. He went on to lead the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church, which he led for 60 years. Dorsey was also instrumental in founding the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) in 1933. The convention taught choirs all over the country how to sing gospel music. Dianne Shapiro, from "Gosp… Go to person page >

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First Line:	How well do I remember, How Jesus brought me through
Title:	How About You
Author:	Thomas A. Dorsey (1930)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	How about you?
Publication Date:	1930
Copyright:	Public Domain