Standard (EADGBE)
My God, my father while I stray
along my path, in life's rough way,
Lord, teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done. Thy will be done."
Though dark my path and sad my lot,
let me be still and murmur not
or breathe the prayer divinely taught -
"Thy will be done." Thy will be done.
If thou should call me to resign,
what once I prize never was mine.
I only yield thee what is thine!
Thy will be done. Thy will be done.
And, when on Earth I breathe no more,
the prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon that joyful shore! -
"Thy will be done. Thy will be done."
--- OR IN ANOTHER KEY, for vocal range or key change ---
My God, my father while I stray
along my path, in life's rough way,
Lord, teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done. Thy will be done."
Though dark my path and sad my lot,
let me be still and murmur not
or breathe the prayer divinely taught -
"Thy will be done." Thy will be done.
If thou should call me to resign,
what once I prize never was mine.
I only yield thee what is thine!
Thy will be done. Thy will be done.
And, when on Earth I breathe no more,
the prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon that joyful shore! -
"Thy will be done. Thy will be done."