STAND BY ME
(Charles Albert Tindley)


Magdalene Tartt Lawrence - 1922
The Pace Jubilee Singers - 1928
The Norfolk Jubilee Singers - 1937
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 1940
The Staples Singers - 1961
Elvis Presley - 1966

Also recorded by: 
Doc Watson; Ernest Tubb; Bob Dylan; Lou Bell Johnson; 
The Soul Stirrers; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Harold Betters;
David Lennard; Sister Josephine James; Richard Carney.





When the storms of life are raging
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When the storms of life are raging
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When the world is tossing me
Like a ship upon the sea
Thou who rulest wind and water
Stand by me (Stand by me)

In the midst of tribulation
Stand by me (Stand by me)
In the midst of tribulation
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When the hosts of hell assail
And my strength begins to fail
Thou who never lost a battle
Stand by me (Stand by me)

In the midst of faults and failures
Stand by me (Stand by me)
In the midst of faults and failures
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When I do the best I can
And my friends misunderstand
Thou who knowest all about me
Stand by me (Stand by me)

In the midst of persecution
Stand by me (Stand by me)
In the midst of persecution
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When my foes in battle array
Undertake to stop my way
Thou who saved Paul and Silas
Stand by me (Stand by me)

When I’m growing old and feeble
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When I’m growing old and feeble
Stand by me (Stand by me)
When my life becomes a burden
And I’m nearing chilly Jordan
O Thou “Lily of the Valley”
Stand by me (Stand by me)






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2014)