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J. David Moore

J. David Moore is a composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, and Southerner who has lived in the Upper Midwest for most of his life. His music has been called “endlessly inventive,” “glorious…haunting…breathtaking,” and “joyous…wild and elemental.” He publishes through his company Fresh Ayre Music, and is the founder and conductor of The First Readings Project, a...

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Name: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
SKU: FAM-1109-01dg
Availability: InStock

Difficulty: 3

Duration: less than 3 min.

FAM-1109-01dg

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SATB, piano

Text

1. Paul and Silas bound in jail,
Got no money for to go their bail.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.
Paul and Silas began to shout,
The jail door opened and they walked on out.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.

Refrain:
Hold on, hold on,
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.

2. Freedom’s name is mighty sweet,
Soon someday we’re gonna meet.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.
I got my hand on the gospel plow,
I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.

REFRAIN

3. The only thing that we did wrong
Stayed in the wilderness a day too long.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.
But the one thing we did right
Was the day we started to fight.
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on.

REFRAIN

-Pablo Neruda; trans. Stephen Mitchell

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