If I Can Help Somebody by Mahalia Jackson

Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 1 by Mahalia Jackson

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If I Can Help Somebody
by Mahalia Jackson

Album: Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 1

If I can help somebody, as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song,
If I can show somebody, that he's travelling wrong,
Then my living shall not be in vain.

Chorus:
My living shall not be in vain,
Then my living shall not be in vain
If I can help somebody, as I pass along,
Then my living shall not be in vain.

If I can do my duty, as a good man ought,
If I can bring back beauty, to a world up wrought,
If I can spread love's message, as the Master taught,
Then my living shall not be in vain.

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