You ask what makes me happy
The whole day long,
Why I am always singing
A gladsome song;
Ah, well I do remember
When song began to start,
’Twas Je­sus set the music
Ringing in my heart.

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In my heart,
He set the music ringing,
In my life
A heav’nly gladness bringing;
Ah, well do I remember
When song began to start,
’Twas Je­sus set the music ringing,
Ringing in my heart.

I cannot keep from singing
Since that glad day,
When Je­sus took, in mercy,
My sins away;
He opened up a fountain
Whence streams of gladness start,
’Twas Je­sus set the music
Ringing in my heart.

Refrain

His love each day is growing
More sweet to me,
Each day new grace and beauty
In Him I see;
For all this world can offer
From Him I would not part,
Since He has set the music
Ringing in my heart.

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