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Why should I feel discouraged,

Why should the shadows come,

Why should my heart be lonely,

And long for heav'n and home,

 When Jesus is my portion, A constant Friend is He;

 His eye is on the sparrow,

 And I know He watches me.

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 I sing because I'm happy,

 I sing because I'm free;

 For His eye is on the sparrow,

 And I know He watches me.

\"Let not your heart be troubled,\"

His tender word I hear,

And resting on His goodness,

I lose my doubts and fears,

Tho' by the path he leadeth,

But one step I may see;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me.

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Whenever I am tempted,

Whenever clouds arise,

When song gives place to sighing,

When hope within me dies,

I draw the closer to Him;

From care He sets me free;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me.

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