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If I Can Help Somebody
A. Bazel Androzzo
c publisher, heard it, secured the rights to it, and helped make the song an international hit. A few of the varied and particularly compelling recorded versions are those of Gracie Fields, the English vaudeville star; George “Bev” Shea, soloist with Billy Graham; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Doris Day, Malhalia Jackson, Billy Eckstine, and the duet version by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers.
(1) If I can help somebody as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,
If I can show somebody he is trav’ling wrong,
Then my living shall not be in vain.
Refrain:
Then my living shall not be in vain.
Then my living shall not be in vain;
If I can help somebody as I pass along,
Then my living shall not be in vain.
(2) If I can do my duty as a good man ought,
If I can bring back beauty to a world up wrought,
If I can spread love’s message that the Master taught,
Then my living shall not be in vain.
Refrain:
Then my living shall not be in vain.
Then my living shall not be in vain;
If I can help somebody as I pass along,
Then my living shall not be in vain.