It May Be the Best for Me (Charles Albert Tindley)

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(Posted 2022-07-20) CPDL #70064:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-07-20). Score information: A5, 1 page, 45 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Soul Echoes, 1909. All four stanzas included.

General Information

Title: It May Be the Best for Me
First Line: I often wonder why it is
Composer: Charles Albert Tindley
Lyricist: Charles Albert Tindley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1905 in Soul Echoes, Edition 1, no. 0
2nd published: 1909 in Soul Echoes, Edition 2, no. 19
3rd published: 1916 in New Songs of Paradise, Edition 1, no. 12
Description: A gospel hymn.

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Original text and translations

English text

1. I often wonder why it is
While some are happy and free,
That I am tried and sore oppressed,
But it may be the best for me.

Chorus
It may be the best for me,
It may be the best for me,
The Lord knows the way, and I will obey,
It may be the best for me.

2. Some have of wealth to throw away,
While I am compelled to be
In want almost from day to day,
But it may be the best for me.

3. I think of children with parents at home,
What joy and comfort they see,
While mine are gone and I am alone,
But it may be the best for me.

4. Some walk in paths with flowers strewn,
No burdens, no misery,
While I must bear my cross alone,
But it may be the best for me.