I Know Somebody's Listening

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Though a pilgrim, a stranger, a beggar I be

Author: Albert E. Brumley (1937)
Tune: [Though a pilgrim, a stranger, a beggar I be]
Published in 13 hymnals

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1 Tho a pilgrim, a stranger, a beggar I be,
As here I go traveling on,
Tho dearest of friends will not listen to me,
And chide me for trusting God's Son;
Tho the world in its follow, its sin and its shame,
Neglectfully turns me away,
I still have my Savior,
O, praise His sweet name,
He hears ev'rything that I say.

Refrain:
I know somebody's list'ning,
And hears everything that I say.
I know somebody's answers
Ev'ry pray'r that I secretly pray.
I know somebody loves me,
And never will turn me away,
'Tis Jesus the Savior of Mount Calvary
And He hears ev'rything that I say.

2 Thru the troubles and trials and darkest of night
He speaks and I hear His kind voice,
Thru darkness He giveth me comfort and light,
He keeps me, in Him I rejoice;
What more could I ask when the shadows grow dim,
And kindred and loved ones betray,
What more could I cherish than Jesus the Friend,
Who hears ev'rything that I say. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Saints #24

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Author: Albert E. Brumley

Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Though a pilgrim, a stranger, a beggar I be
Title:	I Know Somebody's Listening
Author:	Albert E. Brumley (1937)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I know somebody's listening
Copyright:	© 1937, by The Stamps-Baxter Music Co.