Hymnal Number
424Resource Type:
Keys included:
G
About this Hymn
Gospel legend Edwin Hawkins once told an interviewer, "My mother had an old hymnal and I had a knack for rearranging hymns." He wrote this adaptation of an old camp-meeting refrain for the Northern California State Youth Choir when he was only twenty-five, and it became an instant smash hit. As you sing this, you might wonder, How did Jesus teach us to fight? He taught us the identity of our true enemy: "We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places" (Eph. 6:12).
Lyrics
Chorus
Oh, happy day, oh, happy day, when Jesus washed, oh, when he washed, when Jesus washed, he washed my sins away. Oh, happy day.
Verse 1
He taught me how to watch, fight and pray, fight and pray.
Verse 2
And live rejoicing ev'ry day, ev'ry day.
Ending
Oh, happy day.
Oh, happy day, oh, happy day, when Jesus washed, oh, when he washed, when Jesus washed, he washed my sins away. Oh, happy day.
Verse 1
He taught me how to watch, fight and pray, fight and pray.
Verse 2
And live rejoicing ev'ry day, ev'ry day.
Ending
Oh, happy day.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words & Music: Edwin R. Hawkins © 1969 Edwin R. Hawkins Music Co. / Kama-Rippa Music Inc. (Alfred Music / www.alfred.com)