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I GOT TO SHARE THIS APPLAUSE
WITH THEM CHILDREN.
DIDN'T THEY REALLY SING THAT PIECE?
NOW GIVE IT TO THEM.
[applause]
AND YOU KNOW WHY THEY COULD SING IT?
BECAUSE HE LIVES.
AND HE LIVES WITHIN THEM.
YOU KNOW, EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, 1957 TO BE EXACT,
IN THE OLD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
I, ETHEL WATERS,
A 380-POUND, DECREPIT OLD LADY,
REDEDICATED HER LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST.
AND BOY, BECAUSE HE LIVES, JUST LOOK AT ME NOW.
[laughter]
I'M TELLING YOU, I'M MODELING FOR HIM.
I LOOK GOOD, AND I KNOW IT.
[laughter]
BUT I TELL YOU, BECAUSE HE LIVES
AND BECAUSE MY PRECIOUS CHILD, BILLY,
GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND THERE
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO AND SING
AT THE OLD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
"HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW."
I THANK GOD FOR THAT PRIVILEGE EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER
TO STILL BE ABLE TO SAY, WITH THE HELP OF THESE CHILDREN,
HIS EYE IS STILL ON ALL US SPARROWS.
ALL RIGHT, CHILDREN, SING IT.
♪
YES IT IS.
♪
♪ [I SING BECAUSE I'M HAPPY] ♪
DON'T YOU?
♪ [I SING BECAUSE I'M FREE] ♪
♪ [FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW] ♪
♪ [AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME] ♪
TOO BAD IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
♪
♪ SO WHY SHOULD I FEEL DISCOURAGED ♪
♪ OR WHY SHOULD THE SHADOWS COME ♪
♪ WHY SHOULD MY HEART, MY HEART BE LONELY ♪
♪ AWAY, AWAY FROM HEAVEN AND HOME ♪♪
♪ WHEN JESUS IS, HE IS MY PORTION ♪
♪ MMM ♪
♪ MY CONSTANT, OH MY CONSTANT FRIEND ♪
♪ MY FRIEND IS HE ♪
♪ FOR IF HIS EYE, IF HIS EYE IS ON ♪
♪ A SPARROW, JUST THINK OF A SPARROW ♪
♪
♪ THEN I KNOW, I REALLY KNOW HE WATCHES ME ♪
♪ HE WATCHES ME ♪
♪ HIS EYE IS ON ♪
♪ THE SPARROW ♪
♪ MMM ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT HE WATCHES ME ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT HE WATCHES ME ♪
♪ SO I SING BECAUSE [OOO] ♪♪
♪ I'M HAPPY [OOO] ♪
♪ OH YES, I SING [OOO] ♪
♪ BECAUSE I'M FREE [OOO] ♪
♪ FOR ♪
♪ HIS EYE, HIS EYE IS ON, IS ON ♪
♪ ALL SPARROWS ♪
AND CHILDREN, DARLING, PRECIOUS,
LOVING, LOVELY CHILDREN
♪ I KNOW ♪
AND HOW MOM KNOWS ON MOTHER'S DAY
♪ THAT HE WATCHES ♪
♪ WE ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT HE'S WATCHING ♪
♪ ME ♪
SEE YOU IN HEAVEN, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU.
♪♪