Ask, and he turns your hell to heaven.
Though sin and sorrow wound my soul,
Jesus, thy balm will make it whole.
Six more stanzas are in Songs of Grace under the song ‘He was Found Worthy’. This tune is a clear adaptation of ‘Johnny’s So Long at the Fair.’
No. 207
[I WENT DOWN TO THE VALLEY]
Pentatonic, mode 1 (I II — IV V VI —)
I went down to the valley to pray,
Studying about the good old way.
Who will wear the starry crown?