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[ Silence ] [ Background Sounds ] >> Thou art my God and I will praise thee. Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

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[INAUDIBLE] [MUSIC - "IT'S THE HARD WAY TO HEAVEN"] It's the hard way to heaven, but you're not to fear. ♪ Back to Beering Hall ♪

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♪ It's the highway to heaven ♪ ♪ I am walking up the gates of heaven ♪ ♪ Oh, it's the highway to heaven ♪ ♪ I'm in love with heaven ♪

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♪ Back to Beering Hall ♪ ♪ It's the highway to heaven ♪ ♪ I am walking up the means of praise ♪ - Almighty God, our gracious heavenly Father,

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we glorify your name. We invoke your blessings upon us as we gather here to worship you this day in the spirit of truth and in the beauty of holiness.

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Grant, dear Lord, that the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts will be acceptable in thy sight. Oh Lord, our strength and our Redeemer. Amen. [ Pause ]

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♪ I'll bring the Lord ♪ ♪ I'll bring the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh Lord, my Lord ♪ ♪ Will I in wholesome wonder ♪

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♪ Consider all the worlds ♪ ♪ Thy hands have made ♪ ♪ I see the stars ♪ ♪ I hear the rolling thunder ♪

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♪ Thy power throughout ♪ ♪ The universe ♪ ♪ Is plain ♪ ♪ This is my song ♪

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♪ I say a call to thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ This is my soul ♪

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♪ My Savior come to me ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ I'll bring the ball ♪ ♪ The first shot of the ball ♪

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♪ With shot of acclamation ♪ ♪ Come take me home ♪ ♪ For joy shall fill my heart ♪ ♪ And I shall bow ♪

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♪ In humble adoration ♪ ♪ Let all things shine ♪ ♪ And heaven proclaim ♪ ♪ My God ♪

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♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ It's in my soul ♪ ♪ My Savior born to me ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪

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♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ Then sings my soul ♪ ♪ My Savior come to thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪

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♪ How great Thou art ♪ ♪ And since my soul ♪ ♪ I still long to be ♪ ♪ I'll drink the wine ♪

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♪ I'll play ♪ ♪ Adore ♪ ♪ Then sing I soar ♪ ♪ I save you ♪

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♪ Born to me ♪ ♪ How great thou art ♪ (slow piano music) ♪ Glory to thee ♪

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[ Music ] [bells ringing] The response of reading is 565, in the back of the National Baptist hymnal,

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365, or 565 rather, 565, on regeneration. Let us all stand. [MUSIC - "REGENERATION"] [ Music ]

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[ Music ] ♪ In my words each to remember ♪ ♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ The Christ of faith who walked ♪

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♪ With the Word of God ♪ ♪ In heaven ♪ [choir singing] There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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[ Inaudible ] >> Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. [ Inaudible ]

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[ Music ] Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again. again.

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But if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [INAUDIBLE] For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him

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shall not be ashamed. [MUSIC - "I LOVE THEE"] Oh, I love thee, who hath come to my feet. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. In a light unto my path, way, amen. (dramatic music) (audience laughing)

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] All night, all day, angels watching over me, my Lord. All night, all day, angels watching over me.

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All night, all day, angels watching over me, my Lord. All night, all day, angels watching over me. Day by day, my soul is blessed. Angels watching over me, my Lord.

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As I wake and as I rest, angels watching over me. [singing] All night, all day, angels watching over me, my Lord. All night, all day, angels watching over me. This is the children's hour. All of the children in the congregation,

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from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade, are asked to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me. "Forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of God."

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of God. [ Music ] [Silence] Our Bible scripture here, our scripture, is the 48th Psalm.

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[Silence] Would you repeat after me, "Great is the Lord." [Audience repeats] "And greatly to be praised."

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[Audience repeats] Let's say that once more. Great is the Lord. And greatly to be praised.

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I'm sure that you've heard someone say, "He's the greatest. He's the greatest." Well, this is what is being said about God. So the subject of our children's sermon is, "God is the greatest."

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God is the greatest. When we think about your father, your parents, your father and mother, you think of them as being over you, but when we think about God, he is the father of all, all of the peoples in this world, and this is a big, big world.

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And so when we think about God being the Father of all peoples, that shows that He is the greatest. And when we think about this world, when you look out and you see the sun, the moon, the stars, and all of the world as wonderful as it is, as the choir sang just a few minutes

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ago, "How great thou art," well certainly when we think about His creation and that He made this world, He is surely the greatest. And when the word God is great, those words are used, it is also saying that God is almighty. He is able to do all things for He is the greatest. There is no one like Him. No one is above and beyond Him. God is the greatest.

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So since He is the greatest, it means that we should always try to understand what God wants us to do, and then we should not only understand it, but we should try to do what God wants us to do. He should be the one who is the greatest in our lives. We should put no one ahead of Him, for He is the greatest. Say that again after me. God great is the

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Lord and greatly to be praised. God is the greatest. Once more, God is the greatest. [MUSIC PLAYING] (rustling) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ Music ] [MUSIC] ♪ To thank you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to thank you ♪

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♪ Thank you for being so good ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to praise you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to praise you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to praise you ♪

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♪ Praise you for being so good ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to serve you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to serve you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to serve you ♪

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♪ We deserve you for being so good ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to tell you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to tell you ♪ ♪ Jesus, we just want to tell you ♪

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♪ We love you for being so good ♪ ♪ We love you for being so good ♪ ♪ We love you for being so good ♪ - Amen. - Amen.

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- Let us worship the Lord now in our giving. God is the giver and preserver of our lives. All that we have is his. We are his people.

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The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. We are stewards of God's possessions. So this is a time of sharing.

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Let every one of us give bountifully. The scripture says, "He that giveth bountifully shall reap bountifully. And he that giveth sparingly shall reap sparingly." Let every person give according to how he has purposed in his heart.

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Why if we put God first in our lives, we should give in a manner that shows that we honor him as the first one in our lives. Let us bow our heads now for a prayer. Gracious God our Father you are always giving to us every day is a new expression of your grace.

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We come now to offer ourselves to you as a thank offering and to bring our gifts, help us to give in a way that manifests that love which was shown by you and the gift of Jesus Christ and may we give in such a spirit that we will only wish that we had more to give in Jesus name amen.

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[ Music ] ♪ Did I pray to Him ♪ ♪ My hope is in Him ♪ ♪ Did I pray in earnest ♪

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♪ The answer is clear ♪ ♪ I hold to Him feeling safe ♪ ♪ I need His love ♪ ♪ Oh yes I do ♪

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♪ When I pray to Him ♪ ♪ When I pray to Him ♪ [ Music ] ♪ Oh, I come to him feeling steady ♪

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♪ I give him a prayer ♪ ♪ Oh, yes I do ♪ ♪ When I pray to him ♪ ♪ No man so heavy ♪

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♪ As he cannot bear ♪ ♪ No trouble so great ♪ ♪ As he cannot share ♪ ♪ No soul can bear ♪

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♪ My Lord is God's hand ♪ ♪ He always gives me ♪ ♪ When I'm feeling hurt ♪ ♪ When I'm praying to Him ♪

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♪ My hope is sincere ♪ When I pray my list, the answer is clear. I go to him feeling sad, hiding in prayer. Oh, yes I do when I pray to Him.

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He solves all my problems. I cry all my tears. He soothes all my joys. I call for my fears,

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He is still to my plea, My God in the East. He is there for me, He's always there when I pray to Him.

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My heart is sincere when I pray in myness. The answer is me. I call to him, feeling sad. I leave him glad.

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Oh, yes, I do. In a hour, I'll pray to him. [ Music ] >> Good morning.

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This is your announcement period. We have a special announcement coming from the Carroll Choir. This is just a reminder that Ebenezer Baptist Church Carroll Choir presents an afternoon of music, Sing Children Sing, date March 16, 1980, time 3 o'clock p.m.,

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place Ebenezer Baptist Church Sanctuary. Please come and help us sing our praises to God. Thank you. The St. John Regular Baptist Association Brotherhood Department presents an evening in song featuring an all-city male chorus presenting the music for the

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evening. We are urging that all men interested in singing with this chorus please be at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Monday night, that's tomorrow, at 730 p.m. The program will be held on March 16th at 8 o'clock at the Mount Zion Baptist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend this musical treat

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for the Lorenzo Sweeney District President, Reverend George B. Clark moderator. There will be a public meeting for all graduates and ex-students who plan to attend the Anderson High School 1980 Grand Reunion. The meeting will be Monday, March the 10th at 6 30 p.m. at the Oak Springs Library. April the 1st

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1980 is the deadline for those who have not yet contacted the reunion committee. Again that meeting is tomorrow night at 630 at Oak Springs Library. This notice did not appear on the calendar of the week. The Baptist Training Union leader and workers will meet on Wednesday March the 12th at 8 o'clock p.m. at the

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Church. Dr. June Harden Brewer is a candidate for position number one on the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees. Dr. Brewer's professional career has been devoted to young people. She is currently professor of English and director of the Learning Skills Center at Houston Philistine College.

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You're cordially invited to meet and discuss issues as well as your concerns with the candidate at the formal opening of her campaign headquarters located at 3615 Oak Springs Drive on Wednesday March the 12th 1980 from 5 to 8 p.m. we look forward to seeing you. Please consult your bulletin for other

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announcements. I shall now call names of visitors and as I do would you kindly stand and remain standing until words of welcome have been extended. Mrs. Marjorie B. Ammons, 3355 Rosedale, Houston, Texas, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. L. B. Banks, 3355 Rosedale, Houston, Texas, a member of Trinity United Methodist. Wanda Ely of

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Austin, Texas, a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Tyler, visiting here with Sharon Owens. We thank you so much for coming today, and we welcome you to be with us here.

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We hope that you will feel comfortable and free to worship God in whatever way you're used to back home. If you're in the city without a church home, please consider us. We'd love for you to come and join and worship with us.

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We thank you again for coming. Would someone next to these people please give them a hearty handshake of welcome? Thank you. I want to say again that we are happy to have all of our guests to share with us in the

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services today. next Sunday we want all of you here for the musical program which will be presented by our children's choir. We are delighted with our children's choir. We think it's the best choir to be found anywhere. They do an exceptionally good

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job from Sunday to Sunday, the times that they sing, and I said in the service earlier this morning that we want all of the choirs to be present. We want the church family. Now they constitute the youngest group in our musical organization, the church music family, and we hope that all of the other groups, all

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of the other sister and brother groups, so to speak, will be here to encourage and the deacons and church officers and church members will be here next Sunday afternoon in large numbers. Monday will be the beginning of our church revival. The Reverend Floyd Williams of Houston, Texas is our evangelist and we want all of you here Monday a week from tomorrow,

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each evening at 730. I think that sometimes we have a couple of choirs to give the music and sometimes people think well I'll go on my night and I'll not be back on the other night. But we want all of these to be your nights and And we want everyone to witness and invite others to come,

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to share, to accept Jesus Christ. If they are not rightly related to Christ in the church, you know someone who is not. That someone may be in your family, may be in your home,

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may be a person you work with on your job. That's everybody's job. That's what the church is all about. and we ask that you will

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be present each one of these nights. We had our Annie Armstrong observance this past week. I don't know what the final figure is. Is this the sister Smith? What's that final figure?

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If we had a goal of $500 and it's over that 518. And I want to express appreciation to our missionary groups who gave leadership

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to our church in this endeavor. And also to all of you who supported it in making it just what it is. The Lenten folders.

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You have received in the mail a Lenten folder which you are asked to make your contribution of at least ten dollars as your sacrificial offering on or before Easter. Some of you may have been overlooked. If you're a member of Ebenezer and you did not get a Lenten

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folder in the mail would you raise your hand? All right sister Patterson anyone else? There's another here. The ushers just keep your hand raised please and and the ushers will see to it that you get one of these folders. We would like for our guests to meet with us in the fellowship

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hour, which is right to the hall to the left, immediately following the benediction. We hope that our church members, as many as can, will join us there, as well as each one of our guests.

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(gentle piano music) [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] ♪ Though some may sing ♪

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♪ To pass the weary night alone ♪ ♪ Though some may sing ♪ ♪ To entertain a worldly throng ♪ [ Music ]

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♪ I sing because ♪ ♪ I worship God in song ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪

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♪ You ask me how ♪ ♪ I find the time to read and pray ♪ ♪ You ask me how ♪ ♪ I smile when things are far, far from gay ♪

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♪ I smile because ♪ ♪ I worship God in song ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪

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♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ This in my heart ♪ ♪ This melody of love divine ♪ ♪ Of love divine ♪

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♪ This in my heart ♪ ♪ This in my heart ♪ ♪ This I am his ♪ ♪ And he is mine ♪

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♪ Yes, he is mine ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ How can I help but sing and shout ♪

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♪ How can I help it ♪ ♪ How can I help it ♪ ♪ How can I help it ♪ ♪ To sing and shout ♪

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♪ Oh, sweet as truth ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪

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♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ You may not know ♪ The skillful art of pen and tongue. You may not know to prove your love for unbelieving songs.

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[ Music ] ♪ But this I know ♪ ♪ He's coming, he's coming back again ♪ ♪ 'Cause he's in my heart ♪

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♪ Yes, he's in my heart ♪ ♪ Oh, in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ This melody ♪

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♪ Of love divine ♪ ♪ Of love divine ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪ ♪ It's in my heart ♪

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♪ Since time immemorial ♪ ♪ For he is mine ♪ ♪ Yes, he is mine ♪ ♪ Is in my heart ♪

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♪ Is in my heart ♪ ♪ How can I help but sing and shout ♪ ♪ How can I help ♪ ♪ How can I help it ♪

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♪ How can I help it ♪ ♪ To sing and shout ♪ ♪ To sing and shout ♪ [Music]

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